The world of clowns

by George Victor Bishop

The world of clowns [Jan 01, 1976] Bishop, George Victor This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912588292
• ISBN13: 9780912588292
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Brooke House
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Worlds of Clowns

Do you think 3 years is a long time? That is how long it took George Bishop to write a book called the world of clowns. Clowns are not all fun and games. It takes alot of hard work to be a clown. In the old days if you were not good enough you would be put to death. That was in the day in the life of a clown. Thanks to the Bernam Baily circus that has all changed.Now Clowns can do there job with no worries of being put to death. There are many great Clowns in history such as Emitt Kelly, Lou Jacobs, Henry Dann adn even Charlie Chapman. Yes, Charile Chapman the famous comedian is a clown. My favorite part is on page 122 the picture of all the famous clowns. The sadest part of the book is when it talks about Tom thumb a midget A Great book

Only photo-essay useful for reproducing Clown types

Found large b/w closeups very useful in reproducing the specific clown makeup (for porcelin dolls). Until I read this book I didn't realize how specific the characters are that the great clowns are portraying. ie. Emmett Kelly was not the original "Tramp". He , Chaplin, and Red Skelton were working with a very specific character type. I'd read that a clown protects the face pattern by patent. I'm still searching for a catalog of these. But within five minutes of scanning just the pictures in this book, I realized that the makeup is only a part of creating the entire character. Every shoe lace, every tuft of hair, every eyebrow curve contributes to the type. My porcelins are going to be better now that I can see a clown isn't just a smiley face dressed in stripes & poka dots. I loved seeing the female clown isn't a man in drag. She is a specific character portraying the funny things women do, no matter who is under the paint.