William Hogarth
William Hogarth by Matthew Craske, published by Princeton University Press in 2000, offers a fresh perspective on the life and work of the influential artist William Hogarth (1697-1764). This 80-page edition explores Hogarth’s innovative approach to art, highlighting his role as the first artist to earn a living as a humorist. The book delves into his unique ability to adapt literary satire into graphic art, as well as his groundbreaking techniques in portraiture and the depiction of human character.
Readers will find a thematic exploration of Hogarth’s diverse artistic output, including his series, engravings, and notable works such as A Rake’s Progress. Matthew Craske presents Hogarth as a figure who not only captured the complexities of human nature and societal issues but also infused his art with humor and a sense of philanthropy. This edition provides insight into how Hogarth’s works aimed at fostering self-improvement and reflect the intricacies of his time, making it a valuable resource for those interested in art and individual artists.
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This fresh and engaging perspective of William Hogarth (1697-1764) reveals him as a figure who reinvented the very idea of what it is to be an artist.
Hogarth was the first artist to make his living as a humorist, brilliantly inventing a means of reproducing a wit for wide public consumption. He adapted literary satire as a graphic art form and invented the serial print. In his portraits, his representation of human character and its passions broke new ground, as did his depiction of disease and its effects on the body. His sympathy with the human predicament and natural tendency for philanthropy also surfaced in his art.
Taking a thematic approach to this quintessentially British artist, Matthew Craske introduces the reader to Hogarth’s varied artistic production, including his series, engravings, portraits, and such major paintings as A Rake’s Progress. He brings to life an artist who produced works aimed at fostering self-improvement–works in which vice can ruin the aristocrat as swiftly as the harlot–but also works of great humor. We meet an artist emblematic of his day and time but also utterly innovative and long-sighted.
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