1) Art genre
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Singerie is the French word for `Monkey Trick`. It is a genre depicting monkeys apeing human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire. `Pre-Darwinian theories were made visible over several centuries in singerie paintings, anthropomorphic images of monkeys, suggesting a common ......
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Monkeys dressed up in human clothing, popular as a decorative theme in the 18thC. It is found in most forms of art and although it was not much used after 1800, it was revived in the 19thC after the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. See affenkapelle.
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(French: `monkey trick`), type of humorous picture of monkeys fashionably attired and aping human behaviour, painted by a number of French artists ... [1 related articles]
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Monkeys dressed up in human clothing, popular as a decorative theme in the 18thC. It is found in most forms of art and although it was not much used after 1800, it was revived in the 19thC after the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. See affenkapelle.
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