Library Record
Metadata
Object Type |
Book |
Title |
Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America |
Author |
Praz, Mario, 1896- |
Summary |
This book deals with the definition of a conversation piece, the family portrait in the ancient world, the group, the conversation piece indoors or outdoors, portraits of children or of married couples, and sporting and musical conversation pieces. Illustrated with reproductions of paintings from galleries and private collections all over Europe and America. |
Call No. |
ND1304 .P7 1971 |
Publisher |
Pennsylvania State University Press |
Publication/Copyright Date |
c1971 |
Subjects |
Conversation piece (Portrait painting) Portrait paintings |
Notes |
English translation of Scene di conversazione. Includes index. |
ISBN |
271-00132-1 |
Object ID # |
2005.003.0019 |