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Miniature Painting - A Fast Experiences Of The Art Of Miniature
Author : olga rahmaninof
Early Beginnings
Miniature painting is a historic style of art that is very comprehensive, often referred to as painting or working "in miniature". Because of their origins as illuminations, they are also painted to have as smooth of a surface as desirable. (It is also suggested that miniature art may have been affected by the medals of ancient Rome as well) Miniature art can be traced back to ancient Egyptian manuscripts on papyrus scrolls. Monks are also often highlighted for their contributions to early miniature paintings with their divinely illuminated manuscripts such as the Celtic Book of Kells and England's Lindisfarne Gospels (the two of which measure around 9" x 12"). Some ancient manuscripts contain miniature paintings on their pages that depict attractive arrangements of life sized flower arrangements on their borders. The history of miniature painting is also seen throughout the world in various other cultures.
Miniature painting began out of obligation for illustrating documents and manuscripts to aid those reading them during a time when many were not able to, before printing was invented. The miniature helped to transport the story and meaning of the written word. Therefore, the art of miniature painting is directly connected to the book arts. The numerous sized illuminations (pictures) were cut out of these books or documents so that they could be carried more easily. Later, developing from the carried miniature, portrait miniature artists were commissioned to paint small portraits - paintings that were used as we use wallet sized photographs today. These sizes of miniature paintings became popular with collectors and are often referred to as "hand held miniatures". Portrait miniatures were drawn in larger sizes as well, for example master miniaturist, Nicholas Hilliard, Peter Oliver, and Sir Charles William Ross all painted works that were of a bigger size.
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Miniature painting is sometimes confused and assumed that the pieces must be small or depict subjects on a smaller scale to be considered miniature art, though this is not the conditions. It is helpful to keep in mind that the origins of the term "miniature" have nothing to do with a size. The concept miniature comes from the terms 'minium' (used for the red lead paint used in illuminated manuscripts) and 'miniare' (Latin for 'to color with red lead').
Miniature painting is a style and technique of painting, and as such, a wall sized work could be illustrated "in miniature". Authors of the Yale University Press publication, "The English Miniature" have stated that miniatures have been painted large and some works are even considered to be enormous. Many faculty members of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London prove that miniature paintings are not restricted to littleness. Greater sized miniature paintings are confirmed throughout history and are known today, though painting bigger works in miniature is more complicated and time consuming than a smaller piece if the same attention to detail is observed. Miniature art is also unique in that it was and is often used on objects, such as the Russian lacquer boxes that are attractive examples of Russian miniature painting.
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The composer, Olga Rahmaninof, is the owner of art prints store and an art instructor
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Submitted : 2011-01-15 Word Count : 870 Popularity: 121 Times Viewed: 28
