{"product_id":"the-analysis-of-beauty-9781605209548","title":"The Analysis of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Hogarth\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Modern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47608649547927,"sku":"9781605209548","price":1874.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781605209548.webp?v=1775053642","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-analysis-of-beauty-9781605209548","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}