Meaning of karikatur | Babel Free

Definitions

caricature

common-gender

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Examples

“Don Quijote staar i Pagt med Fortiden; han er den naive Ridderaand, der har overlevet sin Tidsalder og i en forstandig, prosaisk Tid allevegne støder an med sin Begejstring og bliver til Latter; han har Karikaturens sikre, let gribelige Profil.”

Don Quixote is in a pact with the past; he is the naive knight's spirit, who has outlived his era and, in a sensible, prosaic time, everywhere affronts with his enthusiasm and becomes laughingstock; he has the secure, easily-graspable profile of caricature.

“Som medlem af kredsen omkring Sigmund Freud indførte Ernst Kris ham i kunstpsykologiens problematik i forbindelse med en fælles studie over karikaturens historie og teori.”

As a member of the circle around Sigmund Freud, Ernst Kris briefed him on the problematics of art psychology in relation to a common study of the history and theory of caricature.

“Måske kan du genkende dig selv i en eller flere af ovenstående karikaturer?”

Perhaps you can recognize yourself in one or more of the caricatures above?

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