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Victorian Period Miniatures
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Author : Oliver Millar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Victorian Period Miniatures written by Oliver Millar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with categories.
Victorian Miniatures
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Author : Vanessa Remington
language : en
Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
Release Date : 2010
Victorian Miniatures written by Vanessa Remington and has been published by Royal Collection Trust this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Europe categories.
The reign of Queen Victoria spanned a period of dramatic technical advance in the art of portrait miniature painting. Victoria's patronage of the leading miniaturists of the time, and the high regard in which she held these diminutive paintings, made her a powerful advocate of the art form. Yet by the close of the Victorian age, the photograph had usurped its role, and the number of practitioners of miniature painting had dwindled almost to nothing. The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue traces the last great flourish of this art form during Victoria's first two decades on the throne. The catalogue throws light on the royal couple's preoccupation with genealogy and the way in which, after the death of the Prince Consort, the wearing of miniatures took on a central role in the etiquette of bereavement and mourning.
Worlds Beyond
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Author : Laura Forsberg
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Worlds Beyond written by Laura Forsberg and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
An innovative study of how the Victorians used books, portraits, fairies, microscopes, and dollhouses to imagine miniature worlds beyond perception In 1856, Elizabeth Gaskell discovered a trove of handmade miniature books that were created by Charlotte and Branwell Brontë in their youth and that, as Gaskell later recalled, “contained an immense amount of manuscript, in an inconceivably small space.” Far from being singular wonders, these two-inch volumes were part of a wide array of miniature marvels that filled the drawers and pockets of middle- and upper-class Victorians. Victorian miniatures pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge, mechanical production, and human perception. To touch a miniature was to imagine what lay beyond these boundaries. In Worlds Beyond, Laura Forsberg reads major works of fiction by George Eliot, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Lewis Carroll alongside minor genres like the doll narrative, fairy science tract, and thumb Bible. Forsberg guides readers through microscopic science, art history, children’s culture, and book production to show how Victorian miniatures offered scripts for expansive fantasies of worlds beyond perception.
The Miniature And Victorian Literature
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Author : Laura Forsberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Miniature And Victorian Literature written by Laura Forsberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The Victorian period is famously characterized by its massiveness, with the vast extent of the British Empire, the enormous size of the nineteenth-century city and the massive scale of the three-volume novel. Yet the Victorians were fascinated with miniature objects, which seemed in their small scale to belong to another world. Each miniature object prompted a unique imaginative fantasy of intimacy (the miniature painting), control (the toy), wonder (the microscope and the fairy) or knowledge (the miniature book). In each case, the miniature posited the possibility of reality with a difference, posing the implicit question: What if? This dissertation traces the miniature across a range of disciplines, from aesthetics and art history to science and technology, and from children's culture to book history. In so doing, it shows how the miniature points beyond the limits of scientific knowledge and technical capabilities to the outer limits of the visual and speculative imagination. In novels, the miniature introduces elements of fantasy into the framework of realism, puncturing the fabric of the narrative with the internal reveries and longings of often-silent women and children. Miniature objects thus function less as realist details than as challenges to realism. In charting the effect of the miniature, both as a portal into the Victorian imagination and as a challenge to narrative realism, this dissertation puts the techniques of material history to new use. It aims not to describe the world of the Victorians but to show how the Victorians imagined other worlds.
Miniature Lamps Of The Victorian Era
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Author : Marjorie Hulsebus
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Release Date : 2004
Miniature Lamps Of The Victorian Era written by Marjorie Hulsebus and has been published by Schiffer Book for Collectors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Welcome to the wonderful world of miniature Victorian era glass lamps! This beautiful reference book is sure to capture your fancy with photographs and descriptions of nearly 600 late 19th century miniature oil lamps that have not appeared in publications before. Many are variations of lamps that have not been documented until now. Styles include finger lamps, student lamps, miniature banquet lamps, miners lamps, skaters lamps, and much more. To add to the perspective of understanding miniature oil lamps, estimated current values have also been provided.\nIf you are an experienced miniature lamp collector, antique dealer, or just beginning to notice these glass lamps, this book will provide you a wealth of important information.
Staffordshire Portrait Figures
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Author : P.D. Gordon Pugh
language : en
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
Release Date : 1987
Staffordshire Portrait Figures written by P.D. Gordon Pugh and has been published by Antique Collectors Club Dist this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The definitive work on these figures whose appeal has gronw enormously. It contains a vast photographic reference to the 1500 figures and offers a wide range of practical information.
Price Guide For Miniature Lamps
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Author : Marjorie Hulsebus
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2005-12
Price Guide For Miniature Lamps written by Marjorie Hulsebus and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"Combining: Miniature lamps by Frank R. and Ruth E. Smith, Miniature lamps II by Ruth Smith, Miniature Victorian lamps by Marjorie Hulsebus."
Staffordshire Portrait Figures And Allied Subjects Of The Victorian Era
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Author : P. D. Gordon Pugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Staffordshire Portrait Figures And Allied Subjects Of The Victorian Era written by P. D. Gordon Pugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
American Period Interiors In Miniature
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Author : Kate Doordan Klavan
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1984
American Period Interiors In Miniature written by Kate Doordan Klavan and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Architecture categories.
Eminent Victorians
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Author : Giles Lytton Strachey
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29
Eminent Victorians written by Giles Lytton Strachey and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with History categories.
Eminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey. It consists of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era: Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon.