Artists use caricature(漫画) to distort the human
face or figure for comic affect, while at the same 【M1】______
time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggest the 【M2】______
essence of personality or character beneath the surface.
The humor lies in the fact the caricature is 【M3】______
recognizable, and yet exaggerated.
From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, 【M4】______
caricature grew through eighteenth and nineteenth 【M5】______
centuries, becoming enormously popular in United 【M6】______
States early in this century. In the 1920s and 1930s
especially, this lively form. of illustration was appeared 【M7】______
in newspapers and magazines throughout the country. The
caricaturists in this era drew their
portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In 【M8】______
spirit their work was close to the humor of the fast developing 【M9】______
comic strip and gag cartoon than to the
sting of political satire. Their subjects were more often
amusing than offended by their amiable attacks. 【M10】______
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