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Hidden jokes of great artists

The power and danger of good political cartoons

From the series Is this art?

Sometimes an image is so powerful, so profound, that it can convey the complexity of an entire political era in a single frame. That's exactly the reason why our school books  and newspapers are filled with political cartoons. But where do they come from? And what’s their connection to 16th and 17th-century satire and propaganda?