Editing Cartoon (section)

==Fine art==
[[Image:V&A - Raphael, Christ's Charge to Peter (1515).jpg|thumb|''Christ's Charge to Peter'', one of the [[Raphael Cartoons]], {{circa|1516}}, a full-size cartoon design for a tapestry]]
In fine art, a cartoon (from {{Langx|it|cartone}} and {{Langx|nl|karton}}—words describing strong, heavy paper or pasteboard and [[cognate]]s for [[carton]]) is a full-size drawing made on sturdy [[paper]] as a design or ''[[modello]]'' for a [[painting]], [[stained glass]], or [[tapestry]]. Cartoons were typically used in the production of [[fresco]]es, to accurately link the component parts of the composition when painted on damp [[plaster]] over a series of days (''giornate'').{{sfn|Constable|1954|page=115}}  In media such as stained tapestry or stained glass, the cartoon was handed over by the artist to the skilled craftsmen who produced the final work. 

Such cartoons often have pinpricks along the outlines of the design so that a bag of soot patted or "pounced" over a cartoon, held against the wall, would leave black dots on the plaster ("pouncing"). Cartoons by [[Painting|painter]]s, such as the [[Raphael Cartoons]] in London, [[Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons]], and examples by [[Leonardo da Vinci]], are highly prized in their own right. Tapestry cartoons, usually colored, could be placed behind the [[loom]], where the [[weaving|weaver]] would replicate the design. As tapestries are worked from behind, a mirror could be placed behind the loom to allow the weaver to see their work; in such cases the cartoon was placed behind the weaver.<ref name=Becker/>{{sfn|Adelson|1994|page=330}}