- Paperback: 80 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (Nov 6 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0691070679
- ISBN-13: 978-0691070674
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 17.2 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 286 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #11 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( G-I ) > Hogarth, William
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Book Description
Widely regarded as one of the leading sculptors of the last twenty years, the works of Juan Muñoz (1953–2001), though strongly figurative, are not the usual stuff of classical sculpture. The enigmatic figures he portrays—dwarves, midgets, ballerinas—are captured at moments that imply a stories that must be imagined by their audience, their faces frozen in expressions ranging from laughter to aggression. Accompanying the first full-scale retrospective of Muñoz’s work, this book concentrates on sculpture and installation, and also examines his drawings, performance, and sound works, and a selection of his writings.
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About the Author
Matthew Craske is Henry Moore Foundation Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University.
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This is a fascinating, well-written and well-researched look at William Hogarth's art, life and ideas. It is arranged thematically rather than chronologically, and includes nice reproductions of a sampling of Hogarth's work (although the sizes of some of the images are small). The author includes a very refreshing common sense in his interpretations of Hogarth's motives, with a good, clear understanding of the 18th-Century British context in which Hogarth lived and worked.
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This is a fascinating, well-written and well-researched look at William Hogarth's art, life and ideas. It is arranged thematically rather than chronologically, and includes nice reproductions of a sampling of Hogarth's work (although the sizes of some of the images are small). The author includes a very refreshing common sense in his interpretations of Hogarth's motives, with a good, clear understanding of the 18th-Century British context in which Hogarth lived and worked.
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This is a concise and extremely well written summary of Hogarth and his times, containing many insights into 18th century cultural history. This was a time in which social critics and "self-help" authors were beginning to take over some of the authority formerly held by the church on moral issues, and Hogarth was in the vanguard of those attempting to illustrate how personal liberty if unchecked by good behavior could descend into licentiousness and ruin. Among other interesting topics covered are Hogarth's feelings about the British class system (having risen from modest origins through an apprenticeship as a silver engraver to fame and fortune as an artist and printmaker), his sympathy for the lower classes, and his antipathy to the artistic establishment which overvalued trite and derivative Continental art on religious and mythological themes.
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