Hogarth

by David Bindman

Book Overview

William Hogarth (1697-1764) was one of the great eighteenth-century painters, a marvelous colorist, and an innovator at all levels of artistic expression. In this updated volume, art historian and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050020182X
• ISBN13: 9780500201824
• Release Date: October 1964
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

a find

This little gem is a find, if you happen to like Hogarth. It gives you enough of the biographical and historical arc to provide a context for his work, and admirably unfolds the art for the reader. Since Hogarth's work was often social commentary, this book gives you the background a modern reader needs to understand the visual allusions that are so plentiful. Faithful reprints of his art with good detail make your exploration easier. As this is also not a newly released book, the copies can to be found at very reasonable prices. In that I love Hogarth's work, especially his sense of humor--and face it, even though there is a teaching/moralistic aspect to his approach, some of our human idiosyncrasies are presented in ways that simply make you smile--this book was an excellent purchase.