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Hogarth, France and British Art
The rise of the arts in eighteenth-century Britain
by Robin Simon
Hogarth, France and British Art is a radical reappraisal of the art of William Hogarth (1697-1764).
In this wide-ranging but richly detailed book, full of analyses of individual works, Robin Simon opens a window on to one of the most creative periods in British life.
Hogarth liked to present himself as anti-French, but British culture in his time habitually defined itself in relation to that of France. Robin Simon argues that Hogarth was no exception, and that he was able to create a distinctively ‘British’ art chiefly through his profound knowledge of French art and theory.
Robin Simon also examines the ways in which Hogarth interacted with his contemporaries, in painting and print-making, sculpture, poetry, the novel, the theatre, art education, music and opera. Drawing upon a mass of fresh material, and many unfamiliar images, the book reveals the British and wider European context within which Hogarth’s art was formed.
‘Startlingly original’
Dr Martin Postle, Head of British Pictures, Tate Britain
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Hogarth, France and British Art
The rise of the arts in eighteenth-century Britain
by Robin Simon
Published by Hogarth Arts
Distributed by Paul Holberton Publishing
Publication 15 January 2007
400 pp., 245 b/w illustrations, 90 colour
ISBN 978-0-9554063-0-0
Price £45