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21%OFFCinzia Sicca (Ed.) - John Talman: An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur - 9780300123357 - V9780300123357
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John Talman: An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur

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Description for John Talman: An Early-Eighteenth-Century Connoisseur Hardback. Offers a study of John Talman, the first director of the Society of Antiquaries and one of the most influential collectors of drawings in early 18th-century Britain. This book discusses the history of Talman's acquisitions, shedding light on the competitive nature, social practices, and aesthetic ideas of connoisseurship in England and abroad. Editor(s): Sicca, Cinzia. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ABQ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1111.

Contributions by Christopher Baker, Cristina Borgioli, Louisa M. Connor Bulman, Antonella Capitanio, Marco Collareta, Peter Davidson, Francisco Freddolini, Cristiano Giometti, John Harris, Elisabeth Kieven, and Cinzia Maria Sicca                               

 

This handsome book is the only full-length study of John Talman (1677–1726), first director of the Society of Antiquaries and one of the most influential collectors of drawings in early 18th-century Britain. Prominent scholars discuss the history of Talman’s acquisitions, shedding light on the competitive nature, social practices, and aesthetic ideas of connoisseurship both in England and abroad.

 

Talman’s collection, amassed in England, Florence, and Rome between the 1690s and 1719, focused ... Read more

 

                   



Distributed for the Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Yale Center for British Art
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300123357
SKU
V9780300123357
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Ref
99-1

About Cinzia Sicca (Ed.)
Cinzia Maria Sicca is Associate Professor at the University of Pisa.

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