The Analysis of Beauty (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) - Softcover

Hogarth, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300073461 ISBN 13: 9780300073461

Verlag: Yale University Press UK SR, 1997

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Book by Hogarth William

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Reseña del editor

In the development of English aesthetics, William Hogarth's 'The Analysis of Beauty' takes a position of high significance. In this now classic edition, 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. Hogarth's stature in his own time suggests the importance of his attempt to systematise and theorise his 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'. Ronal Paulson is Mayer Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of many books, including a biography of Hogarth, a catalogue of his engravings, and studies of Hogarth in the contexts of eighteenth-century painting, literature, and the British tradition of aesthetics.

Reseña del editor

Born 300 years ago in Smithfield, London, William Hogarth established himself as a central figure in 18th-century English culture through his paintings, engravings, and outspoken art criticism. In this edition of Hogarth's "Analysis of Beauty" - a 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 manuscript passages that Hogarth omitted from the final printed version. In the development of English aesthetics, the "Analysis of Beauty" takes a position of significance. Hogarth's stature in his own time suggests the importance of his attempt to systematise 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".

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Yale University Press UK SR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0300073461
• ISBN 13: 9780300073461
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 254
• Herausgeber: Paulson Ronald