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The Conversation Piece - Making Modern Art in 18th-Century Britain (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,431
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The Conversation Piece - Making Modern Art in 18th-Century Britain (Hardcover): Kate Retford

The Conversation Piece - Making Modern Art in 18th-Century Britain (Hardcover)

Kate Retford

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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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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2017
Authors: Kate Retford
Dimensions: 254 x 241 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19480-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > General
LSN: 0-300-19480-3
Barcode: 9780300194807

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