Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect, (1)____
while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence (2)____
of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact (3)____
the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.
From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through (4)____
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, becoming enormously popular in (5)____
the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially,
this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and (6)____
magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his (7)____
portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was (8)____
close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the (9)____
string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended (10)____