In Conversation: Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004732858)

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.

Author: Mary Tavener Holmes,Christoph Martin Vogtherr
ISBN-10: 9004732853
ISBN-13: 9789004732858
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2025
Pages: 452
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 1.00d