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The analysis of beauty : written with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste
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- Date
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- 1753
- Publisher
- London: Printed by J. Reeves for the author and sold by him at his house in Leicester-Fields
- Summary
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- Title vignette. Errata on p. [xxiv]. Includes price list for 26 prints on p. [154]-[155]. "Figures referr'd to in the book": p. [157]-[158].
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- Author
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Printer
- Reeves, John, -1767
- Publisher
- London: Printed by J. Reeves for the author and sold by him at his house in Leicester-Fields
- Date
- 1753
- Description of Original
- xxii, [2], 153, [5] pages, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Format
- Text
- Language
- English
- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- Preface
- Contents
- Analysis of Beauty
- Analysis of Beauty
- Introduction
- Chapter I: of fitness
- Chap. II: of variety
- Chap. III: of uniformity, regularity, or symmetry
- Chap. IV: of simplicity, or distinctness
- Chap. V: of intricacy
- Chap. VI: of quantity
- Chap. VII: of lines
- Chap. VIII: of what sort of parts, and how pleasing forms are composed
- Chap. IX: of composition with the waving-line
- Chap. X: of compositions with the serpentine-line
- Chap. XI: of proportion
- Chap. XII: of light and shade, and the manner in which objects are explained to the eye by them
- Chap. XIII: of composition with regard to light, shade, and colours
- Chap. XIV: of colouring
- Chap. XV: of the face
- Chap. XVI: of attitude
- Chap. XVII: of action
- Prints publish'd by W. Hogarth, and are to be had at his house in Leicester Fields
- [Cover]