Portrait Miniatures in Enamel

Portrait Miniatures in Enamel
Author: Gilbert Collection
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2000-07-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

A scholarly, comprehensive study of the art of enamels in Europe, presenting examples from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century. Demonstrates the extraordinary quality and scope of these exquisite works. This scholarly book contains comprehensive information on the art of enamels in Europe and England. It also examines the techniques and tools of enamelists and presents an overview of artists, patrons and sitters represented in this fine collection.

The Portrait Miniature in England

The Portrait Miniature in England
Author: Katherine Coombs
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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.

Love and Loss

Love and Loss
Author: Robin Jaffee Frank
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300087246

"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.

British Portrait Miniatures

British Portrait Miniatures
Author: Cory Korkow
Publisher: Giles
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781907804236

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

Miniatures in the Wallace Collection

Miniatures in the Wallace Collection
Author: Wallace Collection (London, England)
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780900785832

?The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.

Small Wonders - Life Portrait in Miniature

Small Wonders - Life Portrait in Miniature
Author: Tatsuya Tanaka
Publisher: Nippan Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06
Genre: Miniature craft
ISBN: 9784865050776

Tatsuya Tanaka, the photographer behind "Miniature Calendar," creates scenes with everyday objects and tiny figures.