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Collections [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Art & Luxury ]

… d’identifier les co nditions ayant contribué au développement des collections de spécimens, d’objets et d’œuvres d’art en Grande-Bretagne au XVIII e siècle. Impliquant des collectionneurs, des amateurs d’art, des marchands, des amateurs et des hommes de science, la notion de collection s’est progressivement développée autour des cabinets de curiosité, des demeures aristocratiques et des galeries, favorisant le partage d’expériences esthétiques et l’avancée des connaissances, tout en suscitant de nouvelles activités de sociabilité. …

James Byres [ Travel ]

… for over thirty years, at a time when the Grand Tour reached its height of popularity. Working as a guide, antiquarian, art dealer and architect, Byres rapidly became a key player in Rome’s artistic, cultural and social life. Thanks to his various professional activities, he was a central figure in the social practices of the British Grand Tourists and artists who visited Rome.   People > Travel Keywords Grand Tour Italy Education Art networks Jacobitism The Scotsman …

Portraitists' studios [ Sports & Leisure / Institutions ]

… they became places of intense sociability. Savvily located in the cultural and commercial capitals of the day (in particular Bath and London), they provided the material stages on which rising artists sought to deploy newly acquired social skills in their quest for custom and a fine reputation. Places > Sports & Leisure Places > Institutions Keywords portrait studio commerce Fashion Conversation Women Children Artist Among the many artistic venues which flourished in Britain over the course of the eighteenth century, the artist’s …

Auction houses [ Trade ]

… on complementary roles as exhibition venues. Crucially, these urban landmarks enabled a social and visible valuation of artefacts. Behind the scenes, auctioneers offered services that professionalized the art market (as brokers, appraisers and upholsterers). As commerce evolved from an early modern market based on reputation … and dealers) both in the city and internationally, and becoming a hub of connoisseurial debate. Places > Trade Keywords Art market commerce collecting catalogue Coffeehouse Exhibitions Royal Exchange Covent Garden Pall Mall Auction sales …

John Ramsay (and his Italian diary) [ Travel / Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters ]

… busy social life and shared his experience of practices of sociability in Italian cities. Being the son of a renowned artist, he was invited to attend many concerts, plays and conversazioni where he met a great number of people including artists, Grand Tourists, ambassadors and even the King of Sweden. People > Travel People > Art and Literature Objects > Diaries & Letters Keywords Diaries Grand Tour Education Formation Italy Cosmopolitanism …