The clown imagery gathered here ranges from beautiful to touching to funny to just plain disturbing. Find all kinds of clowns, from the most famous to the most obscure, in photographs, film and television, paintings, and graphics. The insightful text will enlighten you about the history of clowns throughout the world and is complemented by a list of America's clowns, a clown filmography, and the "Eight Clown Commandments."