Movement, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism

WORLD ART HISTORYMOVEMENT IN ENGLANDWILLIAM HOGARTHMARRIAGE A LA MODE Modern Marriage (6-Series ain!ings"InMarriage A la Mode,Hogarth challenges the ideal view that the richlivevirtuousliveswithaheavysatireonthenotionof arrangedmarriages.Hogarthfocusesonthemiseryofan arrangedmarriagebetweenthedaughterofanupper-class merchantfamilyandthesonofadestitutenoblefamily attemptingtomaintaintheirwealthystatus.Ineachpiece,he showstheyoungcoupleandtheirfamilyandacquaintancesat theirworstengagingina!airs,drin"ing,gambling,and numerous other vices. #hestorystartsinthemansionofthe$arl%quanderwhois arrangingtomarryhissontothedaughterofawealthybut mean city merchant. It ends with the murder of the son and the suicide of the daughter. #ONTENT#hissceneshowstheconclusionofnegotiationsbetweenthe$arlof %quander &seated on the right' and the alderman &seated in the centre' forthemarriageoftheirchildren.#healderman,arichmerchant, desires a higher social position for his family and thus is buying his way intothearistocracy,while%quanderneedsmoneytofundhisoverly e(travagantlifestyle.Meanwhile, their children are displaying either supreme indi!erence or miseryattheproceedings.#heson,)iscount%quander*eldisdressed inthelatest+arisfashions,afterhisrecentreturnfromthecontinent. #heblac"spotonhisnec"indicatesthathehassyphilis.#he alderman,sdaughterisinconsolable,butisbeingcomfortedbythe lawyer %ilvertongue. #he fact that the couple will be bound together in an ill-matched, loveless marriage is made clear by the chaineddogs.Marriage A $a Mode %& T'e Se!!$e(en!&circa -./0'S)*+E#T1pper echelons of societyMEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvas#ONTENT#hesceneissetina+alladian-stylehouseinthe3est$ndof 4ondon.#hecloc"onthewall,farright,showsthatitispast midday,yettheviscounthas5ustreturnedfromanightonthe townandisslumpedinachair,boredande(hausted.Adog sni!s at the woman,s cap in his poc"et. His wife has also been up allnight,ostensiblyplayingcards.However,herslyloo"and satis*ed stretch suggest that she too has had a se(ual dalliance and,unli"eherapathetichusband,isforthemomenten5oying the novelty of life as a fashionable lady of leisure. %he appears to besignallingtosomeoneoutofviewwithapoc"etmirror.#his and the upturned chair indicate that her lover had to e(it quic"ly, perhapsdisturbedduringlovema"ingbythearrivalofthe husband.Marriage A $a Mode .& T'e T/!e 0 T/!e&circa -./0'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T1pper echelons of society#ONTENT#hissceneta"esplaceinasurgery.)iscount%quander*eld leanstowardsthedoctorholdingapillbo(inonehandand brandishing a cane with the other. #he mercury pills he was prescribed are not wor"ing and he is ma"ing a half-hearted demand for compensation. 6either the doctor nor the angry womaninspiresmuchcon*dencebothhavesyphilisand sheismostli"elyaconvictedprostitute.#hes"ullonthe table portends the fate of everyone in the room including, it would seem, the young girl on the right who dabs a sore on hermouth,anearlysymptom.7iventheclosepro(imity between the girl and the viscount, we can assume that she is a low-born prostitute currently in hispay.Marriage A $a Mode 1& T'e Ins2e3!ion &circa -./0'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T1pper echelons of society#ONTENT#hedisplayofcoronetsonthebedanddressingmirrorin#he #oilettesuggestthattheoldearlhasdiedandthealderman,s daughterhasbeenelevatedtotheposition ofcountess.%heis surroundedbyhangers-on.%heleansonthebac"ofherchair, from which hangs a rope of coral, used by teething children. Her child,however,isnowheretobeseen,suggestingalac"of maternalinterest.#helawyer%ilvertonguehasreappeared, loungingonasofa.8learlyateaseinthecountess,sbedroom, he holds a tic"et in one hand and points to a screen showing a masquerade ball with the other. #he 2ld Master paintings above theirheads,showingmythologicalandbiblicalseduction scenes, underscore the fact that the countess and %ilvertongue are having ana!air.Marriage A $a Mode 4& T'e Toi$e!!e&circa -./0'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T1pper echelons of society#ONTENTIn $ngland the original meaning for a,bagnio,was a co!ee house thatprovided#ur"ishbaths.9ythetimethatHogarth paintedMarriage A la Mode, the word had additional signi*cance asaplacewhereroomscouldbehiredwithoutquestionsand whereprostituteswereavailable.Havingleftthemasquerade, thecountessand%ilvertonguecontinuetheirassignationina bagnio,theircostumesdiscardedintheheatofpassion.#he rumpled bedclothes suggest that the couple have been caught in the act by the earl: perhaps he too was hiring a room down the corridorandwastippedo!.Asword*ghtbetweentheearland %ilvertongue has ensued. Here, the earl is seen in a death swoon, awoundtohischest,ashistearfulwifebegsforgiveness. Meanwhile, %ilvertongue attempts to escape through thewindow.Marriage A $a Mode 5& T'e *agnio&circa -./0'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T1pper echelons of society#ONTENT#he*nalsceneta"esplaceinthehomeofthe countess,s father situated in the 8ity near the #hames. Incontrasttothearistocratice(travaganceofscene-, we *nd a house of bourgeois miserliness. #he countess isdyingfromanoverdoseafterreadingof %ilvertongue,se(ecution.Asshepassesawayinher chair,thegrievingnurseholdsthecountess,schild towards her for a last embrace. 1nfortunately, the child displayssignsofsyphilisincludingthetell-taleblac" spotandlegsstrappedincallipers.Meanwhile,the countess;sfatherremovestheweddingringfromher *nger.Marriage A La Mode 6& T'e Lad67s Dea!'&circa -./0'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T1pper echelons of societyA RA8E7S ROGRESS (9-Series ain!ings"#he eight paintings in 3illiam Hogarth;s A i!' an Indian Maid&circa -.F0'S)*+E#T of 8ount 7raf von #hun-Hohenstein, saw the sepia drawing at the Jresden show in March of -HG.. %mitten as she was by the piece and always outspo"en, she suggested that Eriedrich e(ecute it in oil. #he couple had wished to purchase the -HG. oil versionbutEriedrichhadotherplansforhispainting.#he future 8ountess wrote on August -HGH to her *anc>,!The beauti"ul cross is regrettably not "orsale*Thecourageous+orthernerhaspromisedittohis)ing.!#oherdisappointment, Eriedrich wanted to give 8ross in the Mountains to his own sovereign= %wedish "ing 7ustav I) Adolfwhogovernedhisnativetownof7reifswald.1nfortunately,Adolf;spoliticalsituationschangedrapidlyandby the timeEriedrich completed the painting 7ustav had been overthrown. #he 8ountess ultimately succeeded in attaining her piece.#he 8ross in the Mountains&circa -HGK'MEDI)M )SED,-ORM2il on canvasS)*+E#T8ross &4andscape'#ONTENT#he#reeof8rowsispessimisticinmood,itisapaintingfoundedupon strongcolourcontrasts.#hehilloc"inthecentreofthecomposition probablyrepresentsoneofthedolmens&aprehistoricburialground'on