Hogarth's Marriage A-La-Mode [With DVD]

by Judy Egerton

Book Overview

Directing his pointed wit at the upper echelons of 18th-century British society, William Hogarth, a painter, printmaker, and social critic, mocked the politics and customs of his day. His series of satirical paintings and engravings, which still absorb viewers after nearly three centuries, record human vice and folly with a sharp eye and cutting intelligence. This compelling book, with an accompanying DVD narrated by Alan Bennett, examines Hogarth's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857095103
• ISBN13: 9781857095104
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 3.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 7.7"