Author: Harry Brandeis Wehle
Publisher:
Published: 1970-01-01
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9780306717086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 0300115806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Dale T. Johnson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0870995979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1588393577
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