Chematization of the dance poses by W. Hogarth

Abstract

In the article the author makes an attempt to identify the principles of graphic schematization of the dance postures and movements represented by the English artist William Hogarth (1697-1794) in his treatise «the Analysis of Beauty». This book, first published in London in 1753, is of considerable interest not only for understanding the artistic heritage of the Hogarth, but also because prisoners in her deep thoughts about the nature of visual perception of moving objects, in many respects ahead of current scientific studies of dance theorists of the Enlightenment - D. weaver, and J. J. Nowarra.