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conversation piece
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conversation piece: see portraiture portraiture, the art of representing the physical or psychological likeness of a real or imaginary individual. The principal portrait media are painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. From earliest times the portrait has been considered a means to immortality.
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conversation piece
1. (esp in 18th-century Britain) a group portrait in a landscape or domestic setting
2. a play emphasizing dialogue


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Incorporate beautiful sculptures, rare books, paperweights, even jewelry to create conversation pieces.
IN CONVERSATION PIECES Kester argues that consultative and "dialogic" art necessitates a shift in our understanding of what art is--away from the visual and sensory (which are individual experiences) and toward "discursive exchange and negotiation.
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