How To Identify Portrait Miniatures (1904) - Couverture souple

Williamson, George Charles; Williams, Alyn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1164168967 ISBN 13 : 9781164168966

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""How To Identify Portrait Miniatures"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by George Charles Williamson in 1904. The book is designed to help readers identify and understand the intricacies of portrait miniatures, which are small, highly detailed paintings typically created on ivory or vellum. Williamson begins by providing an overview of the history and development of portrait miniatures, including their origins in the medieval period and their popularity during the Renaissance. He then delves into the technical aspects of miniature painting, discussing the materials and techniques used by artists to create these tiny works of art. The bulk of the book is devoted to the identification of specific portrait miniatures, with Williamson offering detailed descriptions of various styles, subjects, and artists. He provides tips on how to recognize different types of miniatures, such as enamel, watercolor, and oil, and offers guidance on how to distinguish between different schools of miniature painting, including English, French, and Italian. Throughout the book, Williamson includes numerous illustrations and photographs, as well as detailed descriptions of the markings and signatures that can help identify individual miniatures. He also offers advice on how to care for and preserve these delicate works of art. Overall, ""How To Identify Portrait Miniatures"" is an invaluable resource for collectors, art historians, and anyone interested in the history and art of miniature painting.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1164168967
• ISBN 13: 9781164168966
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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