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[dubman]

haha, hogarth.

i just had to take a final on british art from 1700-1860. if art history wasnt my minor i would have been toast since it was a very... arduous class.
but i now i can talk yer ears off about it. we started with him and gainsborough so memory isnt so great but i do recall that hogarth wanted to
a. make money, but also wanted to do history painting. so to support that unprofitable medium he did stories within engravings.
b. tell those that werent aristocratic to stop putting on aristocratic airs
c. teach as many people as possible about what he called the most beautiful line in the world, which was really just an elongated 'S'

man.
i dont know how this benefits me but i like it anyway.