Analysis of beauty
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Analysis of beauty
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William Hogarth is an English painter, draftsman and engraver of the academic direction of household and portrait genres, founder and major representative of the national art school, illustrator, author of satirical engravings, discoverer of new genres in painting and graphics. Original art theorist. Amazing thing, but in their study of beauty our ancestors
They could go quite far, comparing the beauty of the naked body, the grace of the gilded candlestick and the beauty of the hair curls of the blond girl. Some people think that comparing the beauty of a person and a candlestick is quite strange. But this is exactly what William Hogarth reflects on in his treatise Beauty Analysis.
In a book published in 1753, the famous English artist revealed the main secret of beauty. The idea of “Beauty Analysis” is to separate the art of depicting beauty from fashionable tastes. Hogarth developed a universal set of aesthetic principles that can be applied to any type of creative work: portrait, engraving or sculpture. They are equally suitable for evaluation.
The beauty of a girl, a man's body or the grace of a candlestick. In his work, Hogarth first introduced the concept of “beauty lines”. This is an S-shaped line that gives the image a special grace. Repeated repetition of such a line creates an amazing effect, linking together the oval of the face, the position of the figure in space and landscape motifs.
“Analysis of Beauty” is a book on the theory of art, written by the hand of an innovative artist, who proclaimed the basis of each real artist’s work nature, living beauty in its diversity and movement. Hogarth addressed his work not only to professional artists, but also to all admirers of beauty in life and art.
The author gave his fellow painters practical advice.
They could go quite far, comparing the beauty of the naked body, the grace of the gilded candlestick and the beauty of the hair curls of the blond girl. Some people think that comparing the beauty of a person and a candlestick is quite strange. But this is exactly what William Hogarth reflects on in his treatise Beauty Analysis.
In a book published in 1753, the famous English artist revealed the main secret of beauty. The idea of “Beauty Analysis” is to separate the art of depicting beauty from fashionable tastes. Hogarth developed a universal set of aesthetic principles that can be applied to any type of creative work: portrait, engraving or sculpture. They are equally suitable for evaluation.
The beauty of a girl, a man's body or the grace of a candlestick. In his work, Hogarth first introduced the concept of “beauty lines”. This is an S-shaped line that gives the image a special grace. Repeated repetition of such a line creates an amazing effect, linking together the oval of the face, the position of the figure in space and landscape motifs.
“Analysis of Beauty” is a book on the theory of art, written by the hand of an innovative artist, who proclaimed the basis of each real artist’s work nature, living beauty in its diversity and movement. Hogarth addressed his work not only to professional artists, but also to all admirers of beauty in life and art.
The author gave his fellow painters practical advice.
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