The Analysis of Beauty

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The Analysis of Beauty, is a book written by William Hogarth (18th century English painter, satyrist, and writer) and published in 1753 describes Hogarth's attempt at formulating theories of visual beauty and grace in a manner accessible to the common man of his day. Prominent among his ideas of beauty was the theory of the Line of Beauty; an S-shaped curved line (serpentine line) that excited the attention of the viewer and evoked liveliness and movement.

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