{"product_id":"the-analysis-of-beauty-william-hogarth-9781605209548","title":"The Analysis of Beauty","description":"Why do we consider some things beautiful and others ugly, some elegant and others awkward? English artist and satirist WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764), who was so innovative that he invented what we call today the comic strip, was famous-some of his contemporaries would have said \"infamous\"-for his skewering of 18th-century ideals of morality and sexuality, especially those prevalent among the upper classes. And in this 1753 classic, he mounted an argument that might have appalled some of his detractors: that beauty is not a matter of taste and fashion, but arises naturally as a matter of certain inviolate rules. Decrying the \"prejudice and self-opinion prejudices our sight,\" Hogarth explores the six principles he sees as guiding our eyes toward true beauty: fitness, variety, regularity, simplicity, intricacy, and quantity. Artists and students of both art history and 18th century culture will find this essential and fascinating reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Hogarth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605209546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605209548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"William Hogarth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140767666431,"sku":"9781605209548","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0359a28e-47cc-4c48-802c-3a6e761ddbba.jpg?v=1726596973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-analysis-of-beauty-william-hogarth-9781605209548","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}