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This fresh and engaging perspective of William Hogarth (1697-1764) reveals him as a figure who reinvented the very idea of what it is to be an artist.

Hogarth was the first artist to make his living as a humorist, brilliantly inventing a means of reproducing a wit for wide public consumption. He adapted literary satire as a graphic art form and invented the serial print. In his portraits, his representation of human character and its passions broke new ground, as did his depiction of disease and its effects on the body. His sympathy with the human predicament and natural tendency for philanthropy also surfaced in his art.

Taking a thematic approach to this quintessentially British artist, Matthew Craske introduces the reader to Hogarth's varied artistic production, including his series, engravings, portraits, and such major paintings as A Rake's Progress. He brings to life an artist who produced works aimed at fostering self-improvement--works in which vice can ruin the aristocrat as swiftly as the harlot--but also works of great humor. We meet an artist emblematic of his day and time but also utterly innovative and long-sighted. ... Read more

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Excellent and Fascinating
This is a concise and extremely well written summary of Hogarth and his times, containing many insights into 18th century cultural history.This was a time in which social critics and "self-help" authors were beginning to take over some of the authority formerly held by the church on moral issues, and Hogarth was in the vanguard of those attempting to illustrate how personal liberty if unchecked by good behavior could descend into licentiousness and ruin.Among other interesting topics covered are Hogarth's feelings about the British class system (having risen from modest origins through an apprenticeship as a silver engraver to fame and fortune as an artist and printmaker), his sympathy for the lower classes, and his antipathy to the artistic establishment which overvalued trite and derivative Continental art on religious and mythological themes.

Excellent!
This is a fascinating, well-written and well-researched look at William Hogarth's art, life and ideas.It is arranged thematically rather than chronologically, and includes nice reproductions of a sampling of Hogarth's work (although the sizes of some of the images are small).The author includes a very refreshing common sense in his interpretations of Hogarth's motives, with a good, clear understanding of the 18th-Century British context in which Hogarth lived and worked. ... Read more

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This book offers an overview of recent research on the psychology of judgment and decision making, the field that investigates the processes by which people draw conclusions, reach evaluations, and make choices.An introductory, historically oriented chapter provides a way of viewing the overall structure of the field, its recent trends, and its possible directions. Subsequent sections present significant recent papers by prominent researchers, organized to reveal the currents, connections, and controversies that animate the field. Current trends in the field are illustrated with papers from ongoing streams of research. The papers on "connections" explore memory, explanation and argument, affect, attitudes, and motivation. Finally, a section on "controversies" presents problem representation, domain knowledge, content specificity, rule-governed versus rule-described behavior, and proposals for radical departures and new beginnings in the field.Students and researchers in psychology who have an interest in cognitive processes will find this text to be rewarding reading. ... Read more

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A very good overview of the psychology of decision making
The book provides articles by the leading authors in the filed of the psychology of decison making. It provides a good overview of the field and groups together various directions in the field. However the "grouping" are not strong categories and do not hold together very well. Nothless it is a brave attempt to connect various trains of thought.

I tried to use the book as a text book in a class on the psychology of decison making and found that it was not very user friendly. I did use select reading from it which were very successful.

All in all, anyone involved in the field of the psychology of decison making MUST own this book.

Other readers outside of the field should make sure the book covers the topics in which they are intrested. ... Read more

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Essays On The Man, The Work, And The Time. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1831Original Publisher: J. MajorDescription: 4 plates on 2 leaves (reduced) engraved by George Cruikshank (see Cohn, 1924, no. 397). Other engravers include W.H. Watt, Worthington, P. Audinet, T.E. Nicholson, Duncan, et al. "Descriptive list of engravings" at end also lists 12 woodcuts, all newly engraved for this edition (preface).Subjects: Drawing, BritishNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: ENGLAND.As a contrast to the last plate, observe here the jovial sons of liberty at their general rendezvous ! Take notice of the stout-hearted peasant enlisting in defence of his country! Lest the shortness of his stature should exclude him from the service, he is deceiving the Serjeant by rising on his toes, ambitious of bearing the honourable name of soldier. See here before us a well-built ale-house, the scene of joy and noble living, known by the sign of the late gallant Duke of Cumberland, who by his warlike genius became a terror to his foes. Beneath this sign is written -- not Soup-meagre a la sabot royal, but " Roast and boiled every day." Before the door is a table spread, on which is a buttock of beef anda half-gallon-pot of Stingo. At this festive board mirth takes the lead and valour crowns the feast. This we learn from the song, " Britannia rules the waves," upon the table, and by the boy lying at his ease and playing " God save the King" upon his fife; but more particularly from the collected attention of the soldier and sailor to the horrid ugly figure of the French King, which a grenadier is dawbing on the wall: his putting into his mouth the words, " You take a my fine ships, you be de pirate, you be de teef, me send my grand armi... ... Read more

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Action-packed for brain-teaser fans! What's your puzzle preference? They're served all ways- rare, medium, and well-done! Are you quick- keen-logical? Teasers test your brain for brawn! Enjoy hours of brain-stretching fun- PLUS- Exciting Science Crosswords! Amazing Science Stunts! ... Read more

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Complete stroke-by-stroke guide to creating each letter of the alphabet in the beautiful, distinctive Celtic manner. Crystal clear instructions cover hand positions, strokes, pens, inks, paper, working surface, more. Introduction by William Hogarth. Over 40 full-page plates, plus 8 illustrations in instructions.
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Not only for beginners
A book very useful for calligrapher, specifically interested who want to understand the correct way to produce celtic writing. It is a good starting point to reach the personal style. Tricky informations are also given for the correct way to "turn the nib" in order to obtain the beginnig and final correct sign of each letter.

Celtic Hand Stroke by Stroke:Irish Half-Uncial from the Book of Kells
I'd save my money on this one. There are other books with a lot better instruction.

Good book
This book seems to me slightly misnamed. If you're looking for a book that describes the hand(s) used in the Book of Kells (i.e. a book on paleography rather than calligraphy), this book isn't it. Let me 'splain.

When I first started learning the celtic hand, after some early exercises (from Margaret Shepherd's excellent book "Learn Calligraphy") I decided I'd follow historical precedent and learn more accurate Book of Kells hands. (This worked well for me in Gothic capitals, for example.) So I attempted to start by copying the Book of Kells hand; whereupon I ran into my first problem: the original had 3 different scribes with different styles. So, I picked one.

My results were disappointing. After doing my best to exactly copy the hand, I found my lettering looked less "Celtic" than typical Celtic writing! For, despite the fact that the Book of Kells is considered the prototypical example of celtic celligraphy, enigmatically the hands used in the Book are actually not very "Celtic looking", at least to my modern eyes.

Thus, I modified my style to be more "modern" - more like the style described in this book, in fact, which brings me back around to the book. This book gives a brief history of the Book of Kells and then uses the Book's hands as a starting point to develop a celtic script that is very nice. Many aspects of this hand were not used (or not used extensively) in the Book of Kells - for example, the angled upper serifs. But it is a very nice-looking (to me) hand, very celtic-looking, and truer to the Book of Kells hands than most other celtic calligraphy I've seen. Well worth the small price.

Interesting
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