Hogarth: A Life and a World - Hardcover
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William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) stamped his name on an era. His prints hang in pubs and leap out from history books. In this powerful biography of Hogarth, Uglow uncovers the man and his world. She links his achievements to his times, placing his nationalism and philanthropic interests within the profound eighteenth-century re-thinking of culture and "politeness." History comes to life in the voices of contemporaries - from Hogarth himself to Swift, Gay and Pope, and his great friends Fielding and Garrick. The result is an unforgettable portrait of a great artist and the age that formed him.
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Combining in-depth history with perceptive explication of the references encoded in William Hogarth's images, Jenny Uglow enables modern readers to fully understand the society that shaped the art of William Hogarth (1697-1764). Hugely popular engravings such as A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-La-Mode commented on the tumultuous changes sweeping through 18th-century English society; Hogarth was appreciated as a moralist as much as a painter. Uglow colorfully recreates a vanished world, as well as the prickly nature of a man who revolutionized the role and the status of British artists.
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0571913628
- ISBN 13 9780571913626
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages800
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