Dimensions: image: 613 x 835 mm
Copyright: © The Piper Estate | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "Holkham, Norfolk" by John Piper, housed at the Tate. It's a print of a grand archway, and what strikes me is the texture. What’s your take on this piece? Curator: I'm drawn to the materiality of Piper's printmaking. Consider the industrial processes involved in creating the paper and ink, then the labor of the printing itself. How do these mass-produced elements affect our understanding of the landscape depicted? Editor: So, it’s less about the archway and more about how it was made? Curator: Exactly. The printmaking process democratizes the image, making it accessible beyond the elite who might have commissioned such views originally. Does that change your perspective? Editor: It really does, I hadn't considered that aspect of production and consumption. Thanks!
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Holkham Hall in Norfolk is the home of the Earls of Leicester and is a ‘Palladian’ mansion, built in the style of Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), popular in Britain during the mid-seventeenth century to early eighteenth century. Piper had a keen interest in Georgian architecture, and with John Betjeman championed the rights of Georgian and Victorian buildings to be considered on their merits alongside older buildings. He painted a number of great houses of this era, and this print of Holkham’s gate is a good example of the romantic atmosphere with which he imbues such subjects. Gallery label, May 2007
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