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dc.contributor.authorSwanepoel, Magritha Christianaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-04T15:32:06Z
dc.date.available2010-08-04T15:32:06Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier.citationSWANEPOEL, M. 2009. The grotesque as it appears in Western art history and in Ian Marley's creative creatures. Literator, 30(Special Issue-1):31-53, Apr. [http://www.puk.ac.za/literator/] [http://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_literat.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-2279
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/3203
dc.description.abstractThis article presents a theoretical exploration and reading of the notion of the grotesque in Western history of art to serve as background to the reading of the original creatures in the "Tracking creative creatures" project. These creatures were drawn by Marley, based on imaginary creatures narrated by his five year-old son, Joshua. The focus in this article is on the occurrence of the grotesque in paintings and drawings. Three techniques associated with the grotesque are identified : the presence of imagined fusion figures or composite creatures, the violation and exaggeration of standing categories or concepts, and the juxtaposition of the ridiculous and the horrible. The use of these techniques is illustrated in selected artworks and Marley's creatures are then read from the angle of these strategies.
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dc.publisherBuro vir Wetenskaplike Tydskrifte = Bureau for Scholarly Journals
dc.titleThe grotesque as it appears in Western art history and in Ian Marley's creative creaturesen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10187464 - Swanepoel, Magritha Christiana


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