Hogarth and His Times
By David Bindman.
Description
The reputation of William Hogarth (1697-1764) rests largely on his pictorial stories, a series of engravings that he called "modern Moral Subjects," the most famous being the Harlot's and the Rake's Progress. In this catalog, David Bindman works backward from Hogarth's reputation today—where he is seen by some as a conservative populist and by others as a political radical—and examines his impact on various artists over the past three centuries. Bindman also sets Hogarth's prints firmly in their historical context, discussing the artist's publi...
ISBN(s)
0520213009, 9780520213005
