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Hogarth's art of animal cruelty : satire, suffering and pictorial propaganda
- Title
- Hogarth's art of animal cruelty : satire, suffering and pictorial propaganda / Piers Beirne.
- Author
- Beirne, Piers
- Publication
- Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ND497.H7 B456 2015 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 128 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- By analysing the animal images used in William Hogarth's art, and demonstrating how animals were variously depicted as hybrids, edibles, companions, emblems of satire and objects of cruelty, Piers Beirne offers an assessment of the artist's intentions, how his various audiences reacted to his gruesome images and ultimately what was meant by 'cruelty'.
- Series Statement
- Palgrave pivot
- Uniform Title
- Palgrave pivot.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-122) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Seeing Hogarth's animal images -- 3. Hogarth's Four Stages of Cruelty: '[T]o reform some reigning vices peculiar to the lower class of people' -- 4. After Hogarth.
- ISBN
- 9781137447203
- 1137447206
- 9781137447227 (EPUB) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781137447210 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015300956
- OCLC
- ocn897445703
- 897445703
- SCSB-1821626
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library