William Hogarth The Rake's Progress
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William Hogarth was an 18th century English painter and printmaker known for his moralistic series of paintings and prints called "The Rake's Progress" which depicted the downfall of a wealthy man through a life of debt and vice. The document discusses Hogarth's creation of a new genre of painting called "moral comic" and compares his work to the comedies of Molière, showing images from his famous series "The Rake's Progress" and noting a 20th century adaptation of the work.
William Hogarth The Rake's Progress
- 2. “Hogarth may be said to have created an entirely new species of painting, which may be termed the moral comic.” -- J. Nichols
- 3. “Hogarth composed comedies as much as Molière.”
- 4. The following umages show both paintings and prints of The Rake’s Progress
- 21. A Twentieth-Century Adaptation of The Rake’s Progress