Miniatures, ancient and modern . CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1908. Published October 10,1908 CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Plinys account of painting and painters—Their methodsand the colours they used—Egyptian papyri—Greekpaintings on boxwood—Encaustic miniatures on ivoryof the third century —Roman gold-glass minia-tures—Miniatures on wood from the Fayum—Mediae-val manuscripts—English collections of miniatures . page I CHAPTER II ENGLISH MINIATURES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Miniature painting in England of the Tudor period, onvellum, card, stone, or metal—Round portraits paintedin opaque
Miniatures, ancient and modern . CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1908. Published October 10,1908 CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY Plinys account of painting and painters—Their methodsand the colours they used—Egyptian papyri—Greekpaintings on boxwood—Encaustic miniatures on ivoryof the third century —Roman gold-glass minia-tures—Miniatures on wood from the Fayum—Mediae-val manuscripts—English collections of miniatures . page I CHAPTER II ENGLISH MINIATURES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY Miniature painting in England of the Tudor period, onvellum, card, stone, or metal—Round portraits paintedin opaque colours with little shadow, and mostly ofmen—Hans Holbein, Lucas Horebout, Levina Teer-linck, Sir Antonio More—Nicholas Hilliard, and histreatise on Limning—Federigo Zucchero, Isaac andPeter Oliver . . ... 5c CHAPTER III ENGLISH MINIATURES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Miniature painting in England of the Stuart period, onvellum, card, or metal—Broad oval portraits paintedin opaque colours with bold shadows, and mostly ofmen—Sir Antho
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