Publisher's Synopsis
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.
Published in association with the Cincinnati Art Museum
Exhibition Schedule:
Cincinnati Art Museum (March 4-May 28, 2006)
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina (August 18-October 22, 2006)