Hogarth’s Art of Animal Cruelty: Satire, Suffering and Pictorial Propaganda

Beirne, P.

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'.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Pivot

Publication Date: 2014-12-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137447203

DOI: 10.1057/9781137447210

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 128