Monkey
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| - | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Experts]]'' ([[1837]]) by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]]] | + | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|left|200px|''[[The Monkey Connoisseurs]]'' (1837) by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]] |
| [[Image:Darwin ape.jpg|thumb|right|200px|As "[[Darwinism]]" became widely accepted in the 1870s, good-natured caricatures of him with an [[ape]] or [[monkey]] body symbolised evolution.]] | [[Image:Darwin ape.jpg|thumb|right|200px|As "[[Darwinism]]" became widely accepted in the 1870s, good-natured caricatures of him with an [[ape]] or [[monkey]] body symbolised evolution.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) - New York Zoological Society]] | ||
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| Any of several ape-like [[primate]]s, generally smaller than the [[ape]]s, and distinguished from them by having a [[tail]] and [[cheek]] [[pouch]]es. Metaphorically, a [[mischievous]] child. | Any of several ape-like [[primate]]s, generally smaller than the [[ape]]s, and distinguished from them by having a [[tail]] and [[cheek]] [[pouch]]es. Metaphorically, a [[mischievous]] child. | ||
| == Monkeys in art == | == Monkeys in art == | ||
| - | Paintings by [[Gabriel von Max]], [[Joseph Schippers]], [[Chardin]], [[Alexandre Gabriel Decamps]] and [[Edwin Landseer]]. The photography of [[Jill Greenberg]]. The sculpture of [[Fremiet]]. [[King Kong]] at the [[low art]] end of the spectrum. | + | Monkeys have been a favourite subject in art through the ages: paintings by [[Gabriel von Max]], [[Joseph Schippers]], [[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin|Chardin]], [[Alexandre Gabriel Decamps]] and [[Edwin Landseer]]; the photography of [[Jill Greenberg]] and the sculpture of [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] are some examples. And at the [[low art]] end of the spectrum, there is [[King Kong]]. |
| + | ===Singerie=== | ||
| + | :''[[singerie]]'' | ||
| + | '''''Singerie''''' is the [[French language|French]] word for "Monkey Trick". It is a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild [[satire]]. It revived with the French decorator and designer [[Jean Berain the Elder]], who included dressed figures of monkeys in a lot of his wall decorations, and the great royal ''[[ébéniste]]'' [[André-Charles Boulle]]. | ||
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| ===More examples=== | ===More examples=== | ||
| *[[Jean Baptiste Deshays de Colleville]], [[Monkey Painter]][http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/joconde/0591/m072904_974-4_p.jpg], c. 1750 | *[[Jean Baptiste Deshays de Colleville]], [[Monkey Painter]][http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/joconde/0591/m072904_974-4_p.jpg], c. 1750 | ||
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| *[[Gabriel von Max]], [[Affe vor Skelett]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Kafka_-_Ein_Bericht_an_eine_Akademie_-_Postkarte_-_Christian_Mantey_-_Berlin_2010.jpg], c. 1890 | *[[Gabriel von Max]], [[Affe vor Skelett]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Kafka_-_Ein_Bericht_an_eine_Akademie_-_Postkarte_-_Christian_Mantey_-_Berlin_2010.jpg], c. 1890 | ||
| - | [http://weimarart.blogspot.com/2011/04/too-much-monkey-business.html] | + | === References === |
| + | *''The Monkey in Art'' (1994) by [[Ptolemy Tompkins]] | ||
| + | === See also === | ||
| + | *[[Animal art]] | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Monkey painting]] | ||
| *[[The Monkey's Paw]] | *[[The Monkey's Paw]] | ||
| - | *[[Animal art]] | + | *[[Infinite monkey theorem]] |
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| - | == External links == | + | |
| - | *[http://www.brucevanpatter.com/artmonkeys.html Monkeys in Art] | + | |
| - | *[http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/cutler_monkey.html The Monkey in Art by Lucy Cutler] | + | |
| - | *''The Monkey in Art'' (1994) by [[Ptolemy Tompkins]] | + | |
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Any of several ape-like primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches. Metaphorically, a mischievous child.
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Monkeys in art
Monkeys have been a favourite subject in art through the ages: paintings by Gabriel von Max, Joseph Schippers, Chardin, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps and Edwin Landseer; the photography of Jill Greenberg and the sculpture of Emmanuel Frémiet are some examples. And at the low art end of the spectrum, there is King Kong.
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Singerie
Singerie is the French word for "Monkey Trick". It is a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire. It revived with the French decorator and designer Jean Berain the Elder, who included dressed figures of monkeys in a lot of his wall decorations, and the great royal ébéniste André-Charles Boulle.
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More examples
- Jean Baptiste Deshays de Colleville, Monkey Painter[1], c. 1750
- Abraham Teniers, Barbierstube mit Affen und Katzen, 1647
- William Holbrook Beard, Discovery of Adam, 1891
- Richard Müller, Philosophers, 1918
- Gabriel von Max, Affe vor Skelett[2], c. 1890
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References
- The Monkey in Art (1994) by Ptolemy Tompkins
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See also
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