Ernesto Garcia Cabral: A Mexican Cartoonist

Ernesto Garcia Cabral: A Mexican Cartoonist

OF this little book, one hundred and fifty copies have been printed for the amusement of friends, who will admire the genius of the famous Mexican cartoonist and at the same time forgive the shortcomings of the compiler. This copy, which is No. ____ is dedicated with friendly greetings to ____ By ____ THE art of the cartoonist was flourishing in the palaeolithic age, about fifty thousand years ago. In the caves of Dordogne, in Southern France, the early artist scraped and scratched his figures of reindeers and mammoths, and colored them in red, white and black. He was a magic worker, using his remarkable art to impress his less skilled brother. The caricaturist belongs to a much later period; but he, too, was in evidence in Greece during the days of Aristophanes, a century or two before the artistic genius of the Maya race carved and modelled their quaint, grotesque figures of men and animals. That the art of caricature is an ancient one in Mexico we have abundant evidence. The artist usually worked in clay, but he also made drawings with pointed obsidian knives or charcoal on stone. Representations of his art craft can be seen in many of the ancient codices. In Pa{8}dre Sahaguns illustrations (the Florentine Codex) we find many whimsical and fantastic sketches, grim with sardonic humor. Except here and there, on rare occasions, the art of caricature which flourished in Europe during the Spanish Colonial period, was dormant in Mexico. In the Codex of San Juan Teotihuacan, which dates from the middle of the sixteenth century, we see the Indian artist caricaturing the portly Augustinian friars, and revealing with tragic earnestness the suffering of the poor natives whom the monks compelled to build their beautiful churches to the Glory of God. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 60214
Author: Conway, G. R. G. (George Robert Graham)
Release Date: Sep 1, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: García Cabral, Ernesto, 1890-1968