The conversation piece making modern art in eighteenth-century Britain /

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 mu...

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Main Author: Retford, Kate, 1974-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
Physical Description: xi, 425 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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520 8 |a 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. 
505 0 0 |g Introduction :  |t 25 Park Lane, March 1930 --  |g Part 1 :  |t Frameworks.  |t Making modern art ;  |t Staging the art of 'talk' ;  |t 'Mode and manner of the time' --  |g Part 2 :  |t Settings. --  |t Fabricating space I : outside --  |t Fabricating space II : inside --  |g Part 3 :  |t People.  |t 'Familys done in familiar case in groups' ;  |t 'The conversation of a well chosen friend' ;  |t 'Light incidents' --  |g Conclusion. 
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