William Hogarth

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve th...

William Hogarth's 'Analyzing Beauty' (Zergliederung der Schönheit) is a critical essay on beauty, art and aesthetics. It combines the author's personal perspective with scientific analysis, and brings

William Hogarth's 'Analyzing Beauty' (Zergliederung der Schönheit) is a critical essay on beauty, art and aesthetics. It combines the author's personal perspective with scientific analysis, and brings...

Why do we consider some things beautiful and others ugly, some elegant and others awkward? English artist and satirist WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764), who was so innovative that he invented what we call ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qua...