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A Rake's Progress (or The Rake's Progress) is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–1734, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735.
The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition.
4 de mar. de 2023 · Learn about the eight paintings that depict the life of Tom Rakewell, a merchant’s son who wastes his inheritance on gambling, women, and luxury. See how Hogarth uses satire, symbolism, and moral lessons to criticize contemporary society and behavior.
Learn about the satirical prints of William Hogarth that depict the moral decline of a young man in eighteenth-century Britain. See how he wastes his inheritance, marries a wealthy old woman, and ends up in debtors' prison.
In A Rake's Progress Hogarth depicts the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who inherits money from his late father and squanders it on expensive clothes, prostitutes and gambling. Although Tom is not portrayed as an evil character, he is certainly out of his depth, thrown into a life trying to emulate the aristocracy without the knowledge or ...
6 de dez. de 2023 · A Rake’s Progress (1735) was Hogarth’s second series and proved to be just as well loved. The main character is Tom Rakewell—a rake being a old fashioned term for a man of loose morals or a womanizer. Tom’s name is intentionally general and in a modern equivalent, he might be called ‘Mr. Immoral.’
Synopsis: The Rake's Progress Select a language to update the synopsis text. Composer. Igor Stravinsky. Librettist. W.H. Auden, Chester Kallman. Sung In. English ...
