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A second look at laughter: Humor in the visual arts
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Annie Gérin
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January 31, 2013
Abstract
Responding to current practices in the field of contemporary art, this essay is a study on humor research methodology as it pertains specifically to artistic propositions. It draws on art historical methods for visual analysis (in particular Erwin Panofsky's iconological method and Ernst Gombrich's psychology of perception) and on the General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH), developed by Salvatore Attardo and Victor Raskin in 1991 for the analysis of jokes and short humorous texts. It argues that mechanisms specific to the visual domain must be central to the study of humor in the visual arts.
Published Online: 2013-01-31
Published in Print: 2013-02-22
©[2013] by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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