Hogarth on High Life by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs rich, extensive commentaries on Hogarths Marriage a la Mode paintings, which satirised eighteenth-century marriages of convenience, brilliantly translated and with much additional material.
'Simply Hogarth's best interpreter, realizing in words the artist's visual score, and often interpolating a virtuoso cadenza of his own' Ronald Paulson
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, professor of physics at Gottingen (1742-1799), was a man of varied interests and a shrewd, kindly observer of the human scene; his aphorisms in particular demonstrate why he is considered to have been one of the sharpest intellects of the Enlightenment, and one of its finest prose writers. His commentaries on Hogarth have led a recent critic to speak of him 'simply Hogarth's best interpreter, realizing in words the artist's visual score, and often interpolating a virtuoso cadenza of his own.'
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843680277 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843680270 |
| Title | Hogarth on High Life |
| Author | Georg Christoph Lichtenberg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pallas Athene Publishers |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 150 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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