Hogarth’s Art of Animal Cruelty
Satire, Suffering and Pictorial Propaganda
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology, Art & Architecture, General Art
| Author: | P. Beirne | ISBN: | 9781137447210 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | December 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot | Language: | English |
| Author: | P. Beirne |
| ISBN: | 9781137447210 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | December 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot |
| Language: | English |
This book analyses the animal images used in William Hogarth's art, demonstrating how animals were variously depicted as hybrids, edibles, companions, emblems of satire and objects of cruelty. Beirne offers an important assessment of how Hogarth's various audiences reacted to his gruesome images and ultimately what was meant by 'cruelty'.
This book analyses the animal images used in William Hogarth's art, demonstrating how animals were variously depicted as hybrids, edibles, companions, emblems of satire and objects of cruelty. Beirne offers an important assessment of how Hogarth's various audiences reacted to his gruesome images and ultimately what was meant by 'cruelty'.
