The Analysis of Beauty

William Hogarth’s influential book The Analysis of Beauty (1754) appeared in German only a year after its original publication. Its title page shows the "line of beauty", whose application promises "variety".

William Hogarth (1697–1764), The Analysis of Beauty, London 1753, title page; source: Archiv Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/1217/1/Davis_Fontes52.pdf.