person
William Hogarth
Hogarth
William Hogarth (1697–1764), English painter and aesthetic theorist; his Analysis of Beauty (1753) proposed the serpentine 'line of beauty' as the fundamental principle of visual grace, cited by Madách in his discussion of female physical form.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 line of beauty
Hogarth's concept from The Analysis of Beauty (1753): the serpentine or S-curve he held to be the fundamental principle of visual grace and aesthetic pleasure.
- Studies and Articles §1.4 the line of beauty
The 'serpentine line' or 'line of beauty' was theorized by the English painter William Hogarth (1697–1764) in his Analysis of Beauty (1753) as the fundamental principle of aesthetic grace — an S-curve that the eye follows with pleasure. Madách applies it to the female form.