L'analisi della bellezza : scritta col disegno di fissar l'idee vaghe del gusto
Hogarth's 1761 Italian translation of his aesthetics treatise, printed at Livorno by Gio. Paolo Fantechi, presents theory about beauty, variety and movement to a reading audience of artists and connoisseurs. Its plates are engraved compositions of statuary fragments, a crowded dance scene, and a diagram of a serpentine line rising from a pyramid, offering designers a model for ornamental line and grouped figures.
