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In Conversation: Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display

In Conversation: Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display

Holmes, Mary Tavener
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin

Hardcover

Art HistoryBusiness of ArtGeneral Art

ISBN10: 9004732853
ISBN13: 9789004732858
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 18 2025
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, a generation of collectors in France and the Holy Roman Empire developed new principles for the display of paintings, principles based on comparison triggered by the mixture of schools and periods; its aim was to encourage analysis and connoisseurship through comparison and conversation. The ground-breaking theories of Roger de Piles were central to this novel approach, and essential to its understanding. These principles were predominant until the 1780s. This book examines case studies in France, the German Empire and the UK that exemplify these new principles.

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