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Research question week2:
We got great information on Thomas Nast. I am thinking we need to find some information
on the history of the profession in Europe. Where there political cartoonist working in Eu-
rope? When did they begin. We could focus on France. I know they have a long history. I
have seen cartoons created in the era leading up to the French Revolution.
Political Cartoons shed light upon ambiguous causes in historic event and characterize
the direction of a civilization through time towards obtaining classicistic ideals. It is crucial to
the caricature that there is an overemphasis of the condition of a historical event that the artist
wants to feature. Since the 17th century, political cartoons were regarded and has become a ex-
clusive visual communication mechanism. The focus point of these is to construct public beliefs
by using artistic, cultural, and psychological methods, include addressing to nationalism, sym-
bolism, pretentious suggestions, labeling, analogy, and sarcasm. Often times, they use contemp-