Uproar! : satire, scandal & printmakers in Georgian London / Alice Loxton.

• ACT I. A bench of artists -- Putrid masquerades and twittery -- A kingdom trusted to a school-boy's care -- A still the most uncommon -- Now that's what I call satire!: 1789 -- ACT II. The foulest and most atrocious deed -- A bullet whizzes to catch the phizzes -- Frugal meals and horrors of digestion -- What a picture of life was there! -- A wonderful of delights -- ACT III. The first kiss this ten years -- Maniac ravings and low scurrilities -- Advantages of wearing muslin dresses -- The crew to Pluto's realm -- Cancelled.

• "London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celebrity, French revolution, American independence and the Napoleonic Wars, UPROAR! follows the satirists as they lampoon those in power, from the Prince Regent to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Their prints and illustrations deconstruct the political and social landscape with surreal and razor-sharp wit, as the three men vie with each other to create the most iconic images of the day. Alice Loxton's writing fizzes with energy on every page, and never fails to convince us that Gillray and his gang profoundly altered British humour, setting the stage for everything from Gilbert and Sullivan to Private Eye and Spitting Image today. This is a book that will cause readers to reappraise everything they think they know about genteel Georgian London, and see it for what it was - a time of UPROAR!"--Publisher's description. 

Ämnesord

Satire in art.  (LCSH)

Satirists, English.  (LCSH)

Caricatures and cartoons  -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Satire, English  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Art and society  -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Prints, English  -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Satire dans l'art.  (Vedettes-matière)

Satire anglais  -- Histoire et critique. (Vedettes-matière)

Estampe anglaise  -- 18e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

Art et société  -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

Caricatures et dessins humoristiques  -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

Satirists, English  (fast)

Satire, English  (fast)

Politics and government  (fast)

Art and society  (fast)

Politiska karikatyrer  -- historia (sao)

Karikatyrtecknare  -- historia (sao)

Engelsk satir  -- historia (sao)

Konst och samhälle  -- historia (sao)

Konst och politik  -- historia (sao)

Storbritannien  -- London (sao)

London (England)  -- History -- 18th century. (LCSH)

London (England)  -- Politics and government -- 18th century. (LCSH)

Londres (Angleterre)  -- Histoire -- 18e siècle. (Vedettes-matière)

England  -- London (fast)

1700-talet  (sao)

1800-talet  (sao)

1700-1799  (fast)

Genre

Criticism, interpretation, etc.  (fast)

History  (fast)

Personnamn

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827

Gillray, James, 1756-1815

Cruikshank, Isaac, ca 1756-1811

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

1700-1899

Klassifikation

NC1473 (LCC)

DA682 (LCC)

NE628.2 (LCC)

PN6149.S2 (LCC)

942.107 (DDC)

Ke (kssb/8 (machine generated))