Dance in Art

The Country Dance

William Hogarth

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dance:

General Dance

Era:

Pre-1700 (Renaissance/Baroque)

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Rights:

public_domain

The Country Dance, by William Hogarth, is a public-domain oil on canvas in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.