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Although Caricature s can be made of inanimate objects such as Car s or Building s, the art form is usually reserved for illustrations of people, especially Celebrities and Politician s.

Caricatures can be insulting or complimentary and can serve a political purpose or be carved solely for entertainment.

The word "caricature" can also apply to a person or thing that displays behavior or mannerisms that are ridiculously exaggerated and overly Stereotypical .

An early definition of the origins of 'caricature', an Italian word meaning 'to load', occurs in the English doctor Sir Thomas Browne 's Christian Morals (first published in 1716 )

Expose not thy self by four-footed manners unto monstrous draughts, and Caricatura representations.


with the footnote:

When Men's faces are drawn with resemblance to some other Animals, the Italians call it, to be drawn in Caricatura



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