UNIT 3
British Painting
The Marriage Settlement
Subject -
a heavy satire on the notion of arranged marriages, an arranged marriage between the son of bankrupt Earl Squanderfield and the daughter of a wealthy but miserly city merchant
Composition -
the picture is filled with impossible or ridiculous details that prove the artist's incompetence or flattering nature, the painting is full of contradictions, a vivid group of characters on the canvas, to combine harmony of form and content, preserve freshness and vitality