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The Conversation Piece - Making Modern Art in 18th-Century Britain (Hardcover)
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The Conversation Piece - Making Modern Art in 18th-Century Britain (Hardcover)
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Shortlisted for the 2018 Apollo Book of the Year award Pioneered by
William Hogarth (1697-1764) and his peers in the early 18th
century, and then revitalized by Johan Zoffany (1733-1810), the
conversation piece was an innovative mode of portraiture, depicting
groups posed in landscape or domestic settings. These artists
grappled with creating complex multi-figured compositions and
intricate narratives, filling their paintings with representations
of socially, nationally, and temporally precise customs. Paying
particular attention to the vibrant (and at times fabricated)
interior and exterior settings in these works, Kate Retford
discusses the various ways that the conversation piece engaged with
the rich material culture of Georgian Britain. The book also
explores how these portraits served a wide array of interests and
concerns among familial networks and larger social groups. From
codifying performances of politeness to engaging in cross-cultural
exchanges, the conversation piece was a complex and nuanced
expression of a multifaceted society. Published in association with
the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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