Hogarth, France and British Art

by Robin Simon

Overview

Hogarth has long been viewed as an insular and chauvinistic individual, with a particular aversion to all things French. On the contrary, while Hogarth himself liked to project this image, his effective invention of British art was founded upon a profound knowledge of contemporary French art and theory. This lavishly illustrated book conjures up in great detail the French and wider European context within which Hogarth's art was formed. Robin Simon examines the ways in which Hogarth interacted with and influenced his contemporaries not only in painting and printmaking, but also in sculpture, poetry, the novel, the theater, public life, art education, copyright law, music and opera. In this wide-ranging but richly detailed book, full of analyses of individual works, the author draws upon a mass of new material, with fresh analyses of Hogarth's most famous and less well-known works alike, opening a window on to one of the most creative and formative periods in British life. Robin Simon, FSA, is Editor of The British Art Journal, having been Editor of Apollo magazine and a tenured university academic for many years before that. He is the author of many scholarly articles on British art, and his books include The Portrait in Britain and America (1987).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780955406300
Publisher:	Paul Holberton Publishing
Publication date:	03/15/2020
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.80(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Robin Simon FSA is editor of The British Art Journal and author of Hogarth, France and British Art: the rise of the arts in eighteenth-century Britain. He is visiting professor in the Department of English, University College London, and professorial research fellow in the history of art at Buckingham University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Editorial Note
Introduction
Part I
1. Hogarth, Thornhill, France and the French
2. Hogarth among the French, and the patriotism of Mary Edwards
3. Hogarth's French connections
4. Hogarth, Watteau, and Voltaire
5. French art and theory
6. Garrick as Richard III in context
7. Plays and pictures 'in rehearsal'
8. Art, theatre, and Old Masters, in Britain and France

Part II
Introduction to Part II
9. Hogarth's portraits and Augustan imitation
10. Hogarth, sculpture, and the paragone
11. Hogarth's histories: 'pretenses and magnificences'
12. Hogarth and Pope
13. Hogarth's conversation pieces
14. Hogarth and the sound of music
15. The Beggar's Opera and A Rake's Progress
16. Becoming British . . . and European

Notes
Bibliography
Index