Hogarth, France and British art: the rise of the arts in 18th-century Britain / Robin Simon

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 313 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color), portraits; 31 cm. Contents: I: Hogarth, Thornhill, France and the French -- Hogarth among the French, and the patriotism of Mary Edwards -- Hogarth's French connections -- Hogarth Watteau, and Voltaire -- French art and theory -- Garrick as Richard III in context -- Plays and pictures 'in rehearsal' -- Art, theatre, and old masters, in Britain and France -- II: Hogarth's portraits and Augustan imitation -- Hogarth, sculpture, and the paragone -- Hogarth's histories: 'pretences and magnificences' -- Hogarth and Pope -- Hogarth's conversation pieces -- Hogarth and the sound of music -- The beggar's opera and A rake's progress -- Becoming British . and European. Subjects: Hogarth, William 1697-1764 Criticism and interpretation. Hogarth, William 1697-1764. Art and society France History 18th century. Art and society Great Britain History 18th century. Painting, British 18th century. Painting, French Influence. 2 Kg.…