FILE: 14_Marriage a la Mode_hogarth.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - Marriage a la Mode - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ENGLAND

DESCRIPTION: HOGARTH. ENGLISH ROCOCO (an extension of Baroque). Hogarth = serial painter, social commentator/satirist. Middle class in England was literate, enjoyed satire. This painting one of a series. Many puns, jabs, symbols and jokes in these. This one: critical of arranged marriage for social gain. Groom on L. is Frenchified sissy. Bride/groom not looking at ea other. Father looking over contract. Aristocrat on R w gout. Palace in window is Chiswick House being built & work is stopped c/o no money. See pix on wall screaming.