[PDF] The History Of Portrait Miniatures eBook

Author : Robin Jaffee Frank
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 20,38 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300087246

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"Most often, portrait miniatures were painted in watercolor on thin disks of ivory. They were sometimes worn as jewelry, sometimes framed to be viewed privately. Many were painted by specialists, although renowned easel artists - including Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, and Charles Willson Peale - also created them to commemorate births, engagements, marriages, deaths, and other joinings or separations. The book traces the development of this exquisite art form, revealing the close ties between the history of the miniature and the history of American private life."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Katherine Coombs
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,22 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN :

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A highly readable account of the development of English miniature painting featuring masterpieces from the VandA's collection, which contains some of the finest examples in existence.

Author : Cory Korkow
Publisher : Giles
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781907804236

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A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Author : Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,63 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300115806

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Diminutive marvels of artistry and fine craftsmanship, portrait miniatures reveal a wealth of information within their small frames. They can tell tales of cultural history and biography, of people and their passions, of evolving tastes in jewelry, fashion, hairstyles, and the decorative arts. Unlike many other genres, miniatures have a tradition in which amateurs and professionals have operated in parallel and women artists have flourished as professionals. This richly illustrated book presents approximately 180 portrait miniatures selected from the holdings of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in North America. The book stresses the continuity of stylistic tradition across Europe and America as well as the vitality of the portrait miniature format through more than four centuries. A detailed catalogue entry, as well as a concise artist biography, appears for each object. Essays examine various aspects of miniature painting, of the depiction of costume in miniatures, and of the allied art of hair work.

Author : Graham Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 29,65 MB
Release : 1998-04-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521592024

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The collection of portrait miniatures in the Fitzwilliam Museum gives a compact and comprehensive survey of the development of this art form. It illustrates its progress through the work of almost every major master in the genre, with works of the highest quality. This book provides an introduction to the history of portrait miniatures, a glossary, and a bibliography; ninety-six items from the collection are described, and each item is illustrated in full color, to bring out the subtlety and intimacy of this delicate art form.