Johanna Araujo
-the life of the city fill Hogarth's work
-won a reputation for portraits and conversation pieces (groups portraits in which
members of a family or assembly interact in a social situation)
-writers have loved Horgarth's satiric art
-pictures have plots and morals yet are open to interpretation
-In "Marriage-a-la-Mode" his audence and subject matters belonged to high society
-a forced marriage where husband and wife have nothing in common
-"Hogarth's satire warns against the spreaing corruption of modern times, when self-interest eats into marriage and old values die" (Norton Vol.C pg.2657).
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