A new, updated edition of thisilluminating study onWilliam Hogarth, one of theeighteenth century's mostfamous artists and satirists.
The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth have always been popular, but outside art history little is known about his life. His story is a fascinating one, as Jenny Uglow describes.
Traces the career of the English artist and satirist, and depicts life in eighteenth-century England
Hogarth
This final volume takes Hogarth from his fifty-third year to his death at sixty-seven. The period opens with Hogarth at the height of his powers; a figure of influence with...
By focusing on the artist's most famous works, this collection of essays applies studies of science and philosophy from the period to give a more accurate sense of the meanings in Hogarth's art.
"[The text] begins with a biographical-critical chapter which discusses Hogarth's position in the art world and public life of eighteenth-century England. It then explores the foreign influences on his art...
Hogarth: His Life, Art, and Times
Following in his own footsteps from humble beginnings to professional triumph (and occasional disaster), Hogarth illuminates the work and life of a great artist who embraced the highest principles even while charting humanity's lowest vices ...
The paintings and engravings of William Hogarth have always been popular, but outside art history little is known about his life. His story is a fascinating one, as Jenny Uglow describes.