AP Art History by John B. Nici

AP Art History by John B. Nici

Author:John B. Nici
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
Published: 2020-06-17T00:00:00+00:00


Figure 19.3: William Hogarth, The Tête à Tête from Marriage à la Mode, c. 1743, oil on canvas, National Gallery, London

Function

■Highly satiric paintings about a decadent English aristocracy and those who would have liked to buy their way into it.

■A series of six narrative paintings; later turned into a series of prints.

Context

■Second of six scenes in a suite of paintings called Marriage à la Mode.

The Tête-à-Tête

■Shortly after the marriage each partner has been pursing pleasures without the other.

■The husband has been out all night with another woman (the dog sniffs suspiciously at another bonnet); the broken sword means he has been in a fight and probably lost (and may also be a symbol for sexual inadequacy).

■The wife has been playing cards all night, the steward indicating by his expression that she has lost a fortune at a card game called whist; he holds nine unpaid bills in his hand (one was paid by mistake, further illustrating their carelessness).

■The painting over the mantlepiece is a symbolic depiction of Cupid among the ruins.

■A turned-over chair indicates that the violin player made a hasty retreat when the husband came home.

Content Area Early Europe and Colonial Americas, Image 98

Web Source http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-2-the-tete-a-tete

■Cross-Cultural Comparisons for Essay Question 1: Elements of Humor

–Jeff Koons, Pink Panther (Figure 29.9)

–Michel Tuffery, Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000) (Figure 29.16)

–Honoré Daumier, Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art (Figure 21.2)

Joseph Wright of Derby, A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery, 1763–1765, oil on canvas, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, U.K. (Figure 19.4)

Form

■One of a series of candlelight pictures by Wright; inspired by Caravaggio’s use of tenebrism.

■Clearly drawn and sharply delineated portraits of individuals.



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