Propaganda and Hogarth's Line of Beauty in the First World War

Georgina Williams

ISBN 10: 1137571934 / ISBN 13: 9781137571939

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2016, 2016

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Neuware -Propaganda and Hogarth¿s ¿Line of Beauty¿ in the First World War assesses the literal and metaphoricconnotations of movement in William Hogarth¿s eighteenth-century theory of a ¿lineof beauty¿, and subsequently employs it as a mechanism by which the visualpropaganda of this era can be innovatively explored. Hogarth¿s belief thatthis line epitomises not only movement, but movement at its most beautifulcreates conditions of possibility whereby the construct can be elevated fromtraditional analyses and consequently utilised to examine movement in artworksfrom both literal and metaphorical perspectives. Propagandist promotion of an alternate reality as a challengeto a current ¿real¿ lends itself tothese dual viewpoints; the early years of the twentieth century sawgrowth in the advertising of conflict via the pictorial poster, instigatingintentionally or otherwise an aesthetic response from soldier-artistsembroiled on the battlefields. The ¿line of beauty¿therefore serves as aproductive mechanism by which this era of propaganda art can be appraised.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 188 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Propaganda and Hogarth's Line of Beauty in the First World War
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK Jul 2016
• Date de parution: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1137571934
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781137571939
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 153 H x 15 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 153 millimètres de hauteur par 15 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 363 grammes

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Propaganda and Hogarth's 'Line of Beauty' in the First World War assesses the literal and metaphoric connotations of movement in William Hogarth's eighteenth-century theory of a 'line of beauty', and subsequently employs it as a mechanism by which the visual propaganda of this era can be innovatively explored. Hogarth's belief that this line epitomises not only movement, but movement at its most beautiful, creates conditions of possibility whereby the construct can be elevated from traditional analyses and consequently utilised to examine movement in artworks from both literal and metaphorical perspectives. Propagandist promotion of an alternate reality as a challenge to a current 'real' lends itself to these dual viewpoints; the early years of the twentieth century saw growth in the advertising of conflict via the pictorial poster, instigating intentionally or otherwise an aesthetic response from soldier-artists embroiled on the battlefields. The 'line of beauty' therefore serves as a productive mechanism by which this era of propaganda art can be appraised.

À propos de l?auteur

Georgina Williams is a writer and artist. Georgina has exhibited paintings and photography, and is currently working on a continuing photographic project entitled Industrialia.