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Guided tour of “Monsters and Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary”

A 45-minute guided tour of the latest exhibition in the Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library at Princeton University. Tours meet in the lobby of Firestone Library. 

The exhibition is open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday in the Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library. Open to the public. 

“Monsters and Machines: Caricature, Visual Satire, and the Twentieth-Century Bestiary” will focus on the use of bestiary – animal or zoological motifs – in visual satire during the period between World War I and the end of the Cold War. Drawing from PUL’s rich collections of 20th-century posters, illustrated periodicals, and ephemera from North America, Europe, Asia, Eurasia, and the Middle East, the exhibition will look at works of weaponized visual humor created by and aimed at exponents of different national cultures and ideologies. 

The exhibition will run from September 12 to December 8, 2024.

Date:
Saturday, December 7, 2024 Show more dates
Time:
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Location:
Milberg Gallery
Campus:
Firestone Library
Audience:
  First-Year Graduate Students     Friends of Princeton University Library     Independent Scholar / Outside Researcher     Member of the Public     Princeton Alumni     Princeton Faculty/Researcher     Princeton Staff     Princeton Student     Student Friends of Princeton University Library  
Categories:
  Exhibitions