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Singerie is the name
given to a
visual arts
genre depicting monkeys imitating human behavior,
often fashionably attired,
intended as a
diverting sight...
- cymbal-banging monkeys. The cymbal-banging
monkey toy is an
example of
singerie and kitsch. The
earliest do****ented toy of a
monkey banging cymbals is...
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contributed to the
development of the
genre of the 'monkey scene', also
called '
singerie' (a word
derived from the
French for 'monkey' and
meaning a 'comical grimace...
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contributed to the
development of the
genre of the 'monkey scene', also
called '
singerie' (a word,
which in
French means a 'comical grimace,
behaviour or trick')...
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contributed to the
spread of the
genre of the 'monkey scene', also
called '
singerie' (which in
French means a 'comical grimace,
behaviour or trick' and is...
- 2008, the
World Monuments Fund
completed the
restoration of the
Grande Singerie, a
salon with
paintings on the
walls of
monkeys engaged in
human activities...
- and fame.
Abraham Teniers combined the
genres of
singerie and
guardroom scene in the
composition Singerie in a
Guardroom now in the
Royal Museums of Fine...
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throughout Banksy's oeuvre, as a
satirical device in the
tradition of the
singerie that
depicts monkeys imitating human behavior.
Examples include his Self-Portrait...
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Elder also
introduced new themes, such as the "monkey scene" (also
called singerie) into
Northern art.
Pieter van der
Borcht was born in Mechelen, Belgium...
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inspired by
French versions of
Chinese art, animals,
especially monkeys (
Singerie) and arabesques, or
themes taken from
works of the
artists of the period...
