Download or read book French Caricature and the French Revolution, 1789-1799 written by and published by Grunwald Center for the. This book was released on 1988 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role did French caricature play in the French Revolution and how did it become a political and polemical power? This book reproduces 190 striking caricatures, collected for exhibition from the Bibliotheque Nationale, and interprets their meaning with essays by scholars who provide an historical and artistic context for understanding the prints. Published to coincide with the traveling exhibition "Politics and Polemics: French Caricature and the French Revolution 1789-1799," which opened in Los Angeles in October (1988). Distributed for Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. 9x12". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR