William Hogarth

of this revolution was an artist by the name of William Hogarth. Hogarth is often seen as the father of what we know today as comics. He laid the foundation for the satirical genre of art and allowed artists to depict the actuality of the society that they lived in. Hogarth was born in London, England in 1697. He grew up with little to no knowledge on the subject of art and more or less had to teach himself. As a child he was fond of the street life that surrounded him and would often spend a good amount of time sketching the scenes around him. This is where Hogarth got both his love for art and the idea to depict the society that he grew up in. As stated earlier, Hogarth had no immediate training for the arts and eventually chose to leave school so he could pursue a career in the arts. Hogarth started at the lowest possible form of art at the time and served a long apprenticeship to the engraver Ellis Gamble. Here he would get his first glimpse of art and…

available for diseases such as dysentery, influenza and measles. Medicine also proved inefficient against the diseases and thus, therefore, resulted in the death of many children. Mortality rates were at an all-time high 74% of children born in London died before they were five years old and in workhouses the death rate increased to over 90%. Thomas Coram came up with the idea to create a petition the king for a charter, to create a non-profit-making organisation. Initially, the process was…

William Hogarth was an observer of human behavior and painted life around him. This Rococo style painting created in 1743 is similar to the painting of the couples dancing. It shows a chaotic area all messy from looks to be from having other people over, and there is a guy that looks to be passed out tired from what happened but if you closely look his eyes are open. The woman seems to be stretching from a tiresome day with her eyes closed. There is another person in the other room looks to be…

In 1751 William Hogarth engraved a black and white picture “Gin Lane”. His purpose for this picture was to expose the alcoholism that was happening in England’s cities towards the poverty-stricken crowd and to also support the Gin Act, “which limited the sale of cheap gin.”(320) “By the middle of the seventeenth century, gin had become one of the most destructive forces in urban England.”(320) Because gin was sold at basically pennies and formed cheaply it was easier for the poor to purchase.…

Mr. Swell and Mr Scorch both argue on there sides of the stories however do not influence the positive Gin had on society. There were many poeple that wanted to ban Gin like the church, some were in the middle like the king or governments, and than they were some who loved it such as general consumers, famers and distillers. Gin was used as an energy drink during the 1730’s it gave strength to the working class. Gin was much cheaper than beer or wine which allowed almost anyone to afford it. It…

In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

knowing what celebrities went through to get there. With that being said, what do you value most in life? Is it the little things that can be by the past or the important things? In life people tend to put so much value on the little things. For example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and…

simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces his readers to his controversial ideas concerning poetry and what it should represent in today’s modern times. He wants his readers to break…

commentary. In terms of poetry, authors often switch between the two throughout their bodies of work. William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…