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The analysis of beauty

William Hogarth ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ronald Paulson

Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art by Yale University Press, 1997

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Note

"The present edition is based on the first (and only) edition published during Hogarth's lifetime, incorporating his errata in the text, and correcting obvious errors."--Pref

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780300073355

Description

Born three hundred years ago in Smithfield, London, William Hogarth established himself as a central figure in eighteenth-century English culture through his paintings, engravings, and outspoken art criticism. In this new edition of Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty-a unique work combining theory with practical advice on painting-Ronald Paulson includes the complete text of the original work; an introduction that places the Analysis in the tradition of aesthetic treatises and Hogarth's own "moral" works; extensive annotation of the text and accompanying illustrations; and illuminating manuscript passages that Hogarth omitted from the final printed version. In the development of English aesthetics, the Analysis of Beauty takes a position of high significance. Hogarth's stature in his own time suggests the importance of his attempt to systematize and theorize his own artistic practice. What he proposes is an aesthetics of the middle range, subordinating both the Beautiful and the Sublime to the everyday world of human choice and contingency-essentially the world of Hogarth's own modern moral subjects, his engraved works. Published for the Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780300073461

Description

Born three hundred years ago in Smithfield, London, William Hogarth established himself as a central figure in eighteenth-century English culture through his paintings, engravings, and outspoken art criticism. In this new edition of Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty-a unique work combining theory with practical advice on painting-Ronald Paulson includes the complete text of the original work; an introduction that places the Analysis in the tradition of aesthetic treatises and Hogarth's own "moral" works; extensive annotation of the text and accompanying illustrations; and illuminating manuscript passages that Hogarth omitted from the final printed version. In the development of English aesthetics, the Analysis of Beauty takes a position of high significance. Hogarth's stature in his own time suggests the importance of his attempt to systematize and theorize his own artistic practice. What he proposes is an aesthetics of the middle range, subordinating both the Beautiful and the Sublime to the everyday world of human choice and contingency-essentially the world of Hogarth's own modern moral subjects, his engraved works.

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  • NCID
    BA34277949
  • ISBN
    • 0300073356
    • 0300073461
  • LCCN
    97026266
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Haven, Conn.
  • Pages/Volumes
    lxii, 162 p., [26] p. of plates (some folded)
  • Size
    23 cm
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