The Analysis of Beauty

The Analysis of BeautyEnglish artist William Hogarth (16971764) is most famous for his satirical caricatures and moral paintings, the forerunners of cartoons. In this instructive volume, the august painter and engraver discusses and illustrates the use of serpentine lines in the expression of grace and beauty. Hogarth defines six qualities fitness, variety, regularity, simplicity, intricacy, and quantity and dramatizes their effective combination in images that employ S

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He also explains how you can use these principles in re-creating artifacts and in creating your own Celtic designs for art and craft work or even for recreational use