International studio . BARHARA VILLIERS, COLNTESS UI-CASTELMAINK AND DUCHESS OFC L E V E LAND i 64 i -1 709 ). B YWILLIAM EAITIIORNE, AFTER LELY The Biiccleucli Miiiiatiiics He communicated to it the psychological bias ofportraiture pure and simple which we have studiedin its relationship to the art of the miniature asdesign. The Enamel Miniature should receive attentionon its own account. It originated with the fashionof decorating gems with infinitely small enamelledpictures of flowers and floral emblems. Theenamels of Petitot are often on a scale smallerthan that of any of the miniatures we
International studio . BARHARA VILLIERS, COLNTESS UI-CASTELMAINK AND DUCHESS OFC L E V E LAND i 64 i -1 709 ). B YWILLIAM EAITIIORNE, AFTER LELY The Biiccleucli Miiiiatiiics He communicated to it the psychological bias ofportraiture pure and simple which we have studiedin its relationship to the art of the miniature asdesign. The Enamel Miniature should receive attentionon its own account. It originated with the fashionof decorating gems with infinitely small enamelledpictures of flowers and floral emblems. Theenamels of Petitot are often on a scale smallerthan that of any of the miniatures we have beenregarding, the introduction of a portrait seemsbut an extension of the principle of the enamelflower-piece set in a ring or brooch. The Buc-cleuch collection is rich in this seventeenth-century development of the miniature-portrait, andin this new aspect of bright enamel miniature- on porcelain. They lTnever forgot Illustration,snuff-box was drawn to decorators hut theyIhe possessor of the)ok into the design. OSBORNE, FIRST EAKI. Ol DANItV AND FIRST DUKE OK LEEDS (l()JI-17I2) IIY S. COOIEK painting returns to an old ideal. Much of the])urity of effect of the Milliard and Olivermethod was developed from the art of medievalliturgical missals in which the brightness of stainedglass had been the ideal. How far this more thannatural brilliance of colour served the true ends ofsuch matter-of-fact jjortraiture as that practised bythe successors of Petitot is a question. Tlic artof the miniature as we have it with Petitot wassoon extended to snuffboxes, patch-boxes andfan-sticks ; passing in this fashion from portraitureto little subject-pictures, and finally to in these days were often painters74
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