Author : Cincinnati Art Museum
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Art
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Perfect Likeness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perfect Likeness write by Cincinnati Art Museum. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Perfect Likeness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.