Hogarth
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...
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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.
Introduction: 'The Highest and Lowest Life'41Ink: Carving out a Career92Paint: Talking Pictures393Sex, Disease and Pity: A Harlot's Progress714Satire and the City: The Painter of Modern London975Charity and Community: Hospital Painting1336Foreign Affairs: Marriage a la Mode1657Black and White: A Tale of Two Cities1978Design for Life: The Analysis of Beauty2359Faction: Art, Politics and Propaganda26110Exposure and Retreat: The Final Years29311Afterlife: Reinventing Hogarth317Glossary330Brief Biographies333Key Dates337Map340Further Reading342Index345Acknowledgements350
