Aestheticism in Art
Hogarth’s Vision of Beauty and Morality in the Rise of Aesthetic ArtBy William Hogarth
Length4h 37m
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William Hogarth wrote his Analysis of Beauty in 1753, during the Age of Enlightenment. Through this captivating text, he tends to define the notion of beauty in painting and states that it is linked, per se, to the use of the serpentine lines in pictorial compositions. He calls it the line of beauty . His essay is thus dedicated to the study of the composition of paintings, depending on the correct use of the pictorial lines, light, colour, and the figure's attitudes. These timeless concepts have been applied by several artists through the centuries. Paintings from every period have here been chosen to support this demonstration. They allow us to explore the various manners in which beauty can be expressed in painting.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3General Rules of Composition
4Of Fitness
5Of Variety
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6Of Uniformity, Regularity or Symmetry
7Of Simplicity, or Distinctness
8Of Intricacy
9Of Quantity
10Mastering of Lines
11Of Lines
12Of What Sort of Parts, and How Pleasing Forms Are Composed
13Of Composition with the Waving-Line
14Of Compositions with the Serpentine-Line
15Light, Shadows and Colours
16Of Proportions
17Of Light and Shade, and the Manner in which Objects are Explained to the Eye by Them
18Of Composition, with Regard to Light, Shade and Colour
19Of Colouring
20Positioning of the Human Figure in Compositions
21Of the Face
22Of Attitude
23Of Action
24Hogarth’s Life
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