For other kinds of miniature art, see Miniature painting (disambiguation). For model art (i.e. modeling for figure drawing), see Model (art).
Miniature chair; by Peter Carl Fabergé; made between 1896 and 1906; Gold, silver gilt, enamel over engine turned ground simulating brocaded textile, rubies and diamonds; overall: 10.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art (USA)Miniature oil painting of Hamilton Pool, Texas Hill Country; oil on 2.5 x 3.5 in. panelMiniature cooking shape; circa 1700-1799; copper; 1.8 × 3.7 cm; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Miniature art includes paintings, engravings and sculptures that are very small; it has a long history that dates back to prehistory. The portrait miniature is the most common form in recent centuries, and from ancient times, engraved gems, often used as impression seals, and cylinder seals in various materials were very important. For example most surviving examples of figurative art from the Indus Valley civilization and in Minoan art are very small seals. Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small carvings in wood, used for rosary beads and the like.
Western paintings in illuminated manuscripts are known as miniatures, even if not very small - this sense of the word in fact has a different derivation, from a Latin word for a reddish pigment.
Miniature art has been made for over 2500 years and is prized by collectors. Museums around the world have collections of miniature paintings, drawings, original prints and etchings, and sculpture.[citation needed]
Miniature art societies, such as the World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM) and Royal Miniature Society, provide applicable of the maximum size covered by the term.[1] An often-used definition is that a piece of miniature art can be held in the palm of the hand, or that it covers less than 25 square inches or 100 cm². Some exhibits require the subjects to be depicted in 1/6 actual size, and in all paintings the spirit of miniaturisation should be maintained.
Miniatureart includes paintings, engravings and sculptures that are very small; it has a long history that dates back to prehistory. The portrait miniature...
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Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa)...
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques...
multiple cultural influences, such as the Persian Miniatureart, as well as Byzantine and Mongol art. It was a part of the Ottoman book arts, together...
Persian miniature (Persian: نگارگری ایرانی negârgari Irâni) is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended...
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Indian miniature paintings are a class of paintings originating from India. Made on canvases a few inches in length and width, the Indian miniatures are...
other substitute and with real working miniature kitchen and cookwares. Miniature food is an example of miniatureart. Regular-sized food models first appeared...
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. The use of physical...
The American Museum of the Miniature Arts was a non-profit museum in Dallas, Texas (USA) that focused on miniatureart. Much of the museum's collection...
A miniature book is a very small book. Standards for what may be termed a miniature rather than just a small book have changed through time. Today, most...
Turkish Miniature refers to Turkish miniatureart in Turkey from the mid-20th century to the present day. Contemporary Turkish miniatureart is exactly...
Micro miniature (also called micro art or micro sculpture) is a fine art form. Micro miniatures are made with the assistance of microscopes, or eye surgeon...
Gothic boxwood miniatures are very small Christian-themed wood sculptures produced during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Low Countries, at the end...
Miniatures games are a form of tabletop game which prominently features the use of miniature models or figures. One of the oldest and most popular miniatures...
only. The artist trading card project builds on different traditions. Miniatureart has been in existence for centuries tracing its heritage back to the...
chase, and flush out badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals. The miniature dachshund was bred to hunt small animals such as rabbits. The dachshund...
of a scene, typically a three-dimensional model either full-sized or miniature. Sometimes it is enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are...
at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis and the Kaye Miniature Museum in Los Angeles. The Art Institute's rooms document European and American interiors...
a new neighborhood. Miniatures and model kits are used in contemporary art whereby artists use both scratch built miniaturizations or commercially manufactured...
foreheads above small, deep set eyes that distinctly define this school of miniatureart. Basohli School: Basohli is credited with the initiation of the Pahari...
forms of Islamic miniatures (Persian miniatures, Ottoman miniatures and Mughal miniatures) owe their existences to Arabic miniatures, as Arab patrons...
Miniature landscape is a traditional art in East Asia of creating tiny versions of the natural environment such as gardens. It may refer to: Saikei Bonsai...
2006) was a world-renowned producer and promoter of MiniatureArt. Favoring representational art, Hicks painted landscapes and still lifes and the occasional...
Palekh miniature (Russian: Палехская миниатюра) is a Russian folk handicraft of a miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles...
Retrieved 30 December 2017. "Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination" (PDF). Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 28 (10): 166–171. October 1933...
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