Description
| Product ID: | 9780486795256 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Analysis of Beauty |
| Authors: | Author: William Hogarth |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Theory of art, Theory of art, History of art, Individual artists, art monographs, Philosophy: aesthetics, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Individual artists, art monographs, Philosophy: aesthetics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The great 18th-century artist discusses and illustrates the expression of beauty with serpentine lines. Hogarth defines graceful imagery''s underlying qualities and dramatizes their effective combination in more than 30 black-and-white plates. The great 18th-century artist discusses and illustrates the use of serpentine lines in the expression of grace and beauty. William Hogarth defines six qualities — fitness, variety, regularity, simplicity, intricacy, and quantity — and dramatizes their effective combination in images that employ S-shaped lines. Includes more than 30 striking black-and-white plates. |
| Imprint Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Dover Publications Inc. |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-31 |
