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

Perfect Likeness

Perfect Likeness
Author: Cincinnati Art Museum
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300115806

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.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 982
Release: 1901
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN: