000			01002nam a2200145 i 4500
008			210212s1999 sp g eng
020			_a9780714838182
080	1		_a4.2.9
245		0	_aHogarth _c/ Mark Hallett
260			_b:Phaidon _c,1999
300			_a352 pp _b:104 illustrations _c;220 x 160 mmcm
500			_aWilliam Hogarth (1697-1764) is certainly one of the most versatile, innovative and celebrated of all British artists. He lived at a time when Britain was emerging as an increasingly urbanized, commercialized and aggressively imperial power. Like many other artists, he exploited and benefited from these changes in British society. Among his contemporaries, it was Hogarth who commented most brilliantly on society - both positively and negatively. His work celebrates the benefits of commerce, politeness and patriotism while simultaneously focusing on the corruption, hypocrisy and prejudice they brought in their wake.
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