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The 18th century was the age of the connoisseur. It was also an era of an expanding global consciousness born of accelerating trade and imperial conquest. This volume puts into dialogue the consolidation of connoisseurship as an empirical mode of artistic analysis in Europe and Asia and the increasing exposure to different modes of artmaking facilitated by local and global networks over the course of the long 18th century. Focusing on exchanges between India, Japan, China and Europe, the contributors to this volume examine the complex and nuanced impacts on connoisseurial practice of encounters with artworks from different regions of the globe, the international networks that made those encounters possible, and the intricate transactions through which connoisseurial knowledge of art was generated.

  • Expansive focus on practices and networks in India, Japan, and Europe in the 18th century

  • Complexities and asymmetries of connoisseurship in an expanding world

Networks and Practices of Connoisseurship in the

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      Publisher: De Gruyter
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/02/2024
      ISBN13: 9783110996951, 978-3110996951
      ISBN10: 3110996952

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The 18th century was the age of the connoisseur. It was also an era of an expanding global consciousness born of accelerating trade and imperial conquest. This volume puts into dialogue the consolidation of connoisseurship as an empirical mode of artistic analysis in Europe and Asia and the increasing exposure to different modes of artmaking facilitated by local and global networks over the course of the long 18th century. Focusing on exchanges between India, Japan, China and Europe, the contributors to this volume examine the complex and nuanced impacts on connoisseurial practice of encounters with artworks from different regions of the globe, the international networks that made those encounters possible, and the intricate transactions through which connoisseurial knowledge of art was generated.

      • Expansive focus on practices and networks in India, Japan, and Europe in the 18th century

      • Complexities and asymmetries of connoisseurship in an expanding world

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