AP Art History: The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode -- #98
The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode by William Hogarth
William Hogarth's The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode series is a very interesting and detail dense piece of art. The lavish interior scene is simple too much for the viewer's eye to take in all at once, leaving them studying it for minutes.
Bio of the work:
Title: The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode series
Date: 1743
Medium: oil on canvas
Museum: National Gallery- London
Analysis:
Hogarth was known for narrative scenes, mostly becoming series such as Marriage a la Mode. Marriage a la Mode is a series of six works, and The Tête à Tête is only one. Much like Fragonard's The Swing, Hogarth mocks English aristocracy and does so by presenting it in a highly satirical way. Every figure in Hogarth's masterpiece is expressing an emotion, and they are all different. Hogarth tells a story with his series. The fathers of the two partners were looking to better their names by climbing the ranks of society. These two figures were in an arranged marriage, thus mocking the ineffective and fruitless marriage deals of the English high class.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/william-hogarth-marriage-a-la-mode-2-the-tete-a-tete
No comments
Post a Comment