ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paratext, Syphilis
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Hogarth came from an improvrished background dad was poor. Early and middle 18th century people called this period enlightenment. In the 18th century in europe, growing urbanization occured. The art 300 years ago seems lost to us now, we won"t be able to understand it without knowing the author"s perspective of the painting and what he/she made. Hogarth engraved prints and made pictures for pamphlets, newspapers (link to social commentary) 1731, hogarth painted a series of 6 paintings a harlot"s progress (a virtuous young woman who got caught up in money and riches, and entered prostitution) Using sequences to tell a story were very common back then, so he was not the first one to do so. He made black and white engravings which became really popular. Instead of 6 he does 8 paintings later on and creates a story of an immoral man (a rake"s progress) He produced a lot of other sequential pieces.