At the beginning of the 20th century; Judge (established in 1881) and Life (1883); together with Puck; were the premier humor magazines in the United States. Puck disappeared in 1918. But; by the 1920s and early 30s; Life and Judge had achieved enormous popularity. Not until the establishment of the New Yorker in 1925 was their position seriously challenged. This huge readership was due primarily to the magazines cartoons. From politics to domestic bliss; childhood to boardroom; breadline to kick line mdash; no subject was safe from the humorists pens.This rich source of more than 700 royalty-free images from the 20s and 30s represents the very best from those legendary magazines. Youll find black-and-white illustrations from Charles Dana Gibson; James Montgomery Flagg; Reginald Bathurst Birch; John Held; Jr.; Russell Patterson; A. B. Frost; Rube Goldberg; Art Young; Dr. Seuss; and others.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Scholastically writtenBy Norman D. Van ManenIt has been interesting looking at art from a feminine point of view. I learned a lot about male art as well. It has many footnotes and they are well worth reading as well.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. For the casual scholar of antiquityBy TammyJo EckhartOf the thirteen essays in this collection; one is an introduction to the book; another is a thought provoking epilogue to the collection; and the third is an introduction to the history of feminism is classical art and archaeology. The essays are well-written and arranged in a chronological order that crosses the Greek and Roman lines as it should while the essays themselves recognize the often ignored fact that societies change over time and thus we do not have the Christians compared to Homers heroes -- a serious problem in some classical studies. These essays challenge many of the assumptions about antiquity including the use of grave goods to determine the sex of the buried. The collection; however; is not for just anyone interested in gender; sexuality and art history or archaeology. In order to benefit the most from this book one needs to be at least casually versed in the issues and debates about ancient Greece and Rome.