The analysis of beauty / William Hogarth ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ronald Paulson.

Main entry:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.

Title & Author:

The analysis of beauty / William Hogarth ; edited with an introduction and notes by Ronald Paulson.

Publication:

Description:

lxii, 162 pages, 26 pages of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
"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."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-155) and index.
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Works frequently cited -- Introduction -- Columbus Breaking the Egg -- Title page -- Text of The Analysis of Beauty -- Manuscripts of The Analysis of Beauty : supplementary passages -- Plate 1 -- Plate 2 -- Notes to the illustrations -- Index -- Supplementary illustrations.

Summary:

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 word of Hogarth's own "modern moral subjects", his engraved works.

ISBN:

0300073356 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300073355 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300073461 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300073461 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Aesthetics Early works to 1800.
Esthétique Ouvrages avant 1800.
Aesthetics
Esthetica.

Form/genre:

Early works to 1800.
Early works

Added entries:

Paulson, Ronald, 1930-2024.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191886
Call No.: ID BH181.H6; ID:97-B2934
Status: Available

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