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| INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMING ARTS |
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Throughout time and cultures, the performing arts have served as a diversion from everyday life. Audiences reveled in the few hours in which they could leave the mundane behind and enter the world of the extraordinary. Nevertheless, artists, actors, dancers, musicians, and performers were banished to the margins of society and considered socially unacceptable. As a result, the private lives of performers were mysterious and a source of intrigue. This fascination led to many of the engravings, etchings, and lithographs available, which today have been replaced with the photographs in popular publications and television.
Prints in this category represent musical instruments, theater architecture, and scenographic machinery. These also served as specialized studies that documented the times and events. Furthermore, artists occasionally used these works to make social and political commentary. Hogarth was one of the most prominent graphic artists of this period, as he had a particular interest in the performing arts.
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