In Conversation : Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display /

In Conversation : Intention and Innovation in Eighteenth-Century Display /

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 thro...

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Main Authors: Holmes, Mary Tavener (Author), Vogtherr, Christoph Martin (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets ; 23.

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Architecture.
Art History.
Art Theory.

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Call Number: N5305

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements IX
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1 Social Spaces: Displaying and Discussing Paintings in Eighteenth-Century European Collections
  • 2 A New Theoretical Framework
  • 3 The Vanishing Role of Iconography
  • 4 Setting the Stage: Vienna and Versailles at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century
  • Part 1: Pioneers of the New Principles
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • 1 Lothar Franz Graf Schönborn at Pommersfelden, Schloss Weißenstein
  • 2 Eugen Prince of Savoy at Vienna, Upper Belvedere
  • 3 Philippe II, Duc d'Orléans at Paris, Palais Royal
  • 4 Pierre Crozat at Paris, rue de Richelieu
  • Part 2: New Approaches by Private Collectors
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • 5 Jeanne-Baptiste d'Albert, Comtesse de Verrue at Paris, rue du Cherche-Midi
  • 6 Jean de Jullienne at Paris, rue des Gobelins
  • 7 François Berger at Paris, rue Saint-Marc
  • 8 Etienne-François, Duc de Choiseul at Paris, rue de Richelieu
  • Part 3: Rulers and Institutions
  • Introduction to Part 3
  • 9 Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony / August III King of Poland at Dresden, Stallhof
  • 10 The Electors Palatine at Düsseldorf, Schloss, and at Mannheim, Schloss
  • 11 The French Royal Collection at Paris, Palais du Luxembourg
  • 12 The Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture at the Salon, Paris, Palais du Louvre
  • 13 Abel-François Poisson de Vandières, Marquis de Marigny et de Menars at Paris, rue Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre
  • 14 Friedrich II King of Prussia at Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci and Bildergalerie
  • Part 4: The British Contribution
  • Introduction to Part 4
  • 15 Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall
  • 16 Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester at Holkham Hall
  • 17 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute at Luton Hoo
  • Part 5: On the Verge of the Museum Age
  • Introduction to Part 5
  • 18 The Imperial Collection at Vienna, Upper Belvedere
  • Conclusion: Principles of Eighteenth-Century Paintings Displays
  • Bibliography.