American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1588393577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1588393577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dale T. Johnson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0870995979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robin Jaffee Frank
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780300087246
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"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: 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: Theodore Bolton
Publisher:
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781462284320
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hardcover reprint of the original 1921 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bolton, Theodore . Early American Portrait Painters In Miniature. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bolton, Theodore . Early American Portrait Painters In Miniature, . New York: F. F. Sherman, 1921. Subject: Miniature Painting United States
Author: Cory Korkow
Publisher: Giles
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781907804236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art