Hogarth

The Artist and the City

By Hallett, Mark & Riding, Christine

Publishers Summary:
This beautifully illustrated book examines the whole of Hogarth's career, from his beginnings as a young and ambitious engraver in the 1720s to his rise to fame as a painter and printmaker in the 1730s and 1740s, and the crystallization of his aesthetic theories in the 1753 treatise The Analysis of Beauty. Where previous publications have concentrated on just a part of his career, this book examines every aspect; his remarkable canvases, ranging from elegant conversation pieces to salacious brothel scenes, his vibrant drawings and sketches, and the engraved works for which he is perhaps most famous are all included.

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ISBN
978-1-85437-696-1
Publisher
Tate Gallery


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Reviewed on April 1, 2007

William Hogarth (1697-1764) created a biting satirical record of 18th-century London's social and political life through his art. This catalog for a comprehensive traveling show of his work reveals him as a quintessentially British painter and engraver "at the pinnacle of British artistic achievement." In two introductory essays, coauthors Hallett (history of art, Univ. of York) and Tate curator Riding (John Everett Millais ) summarize Hogarth's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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