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Example sentences for "miniature painting"

  • For the works of Faithorne or Loggan, Flatman or Lens, we must refer our readers to more elaborate books on miniature painting, and hasten forward towards the eighteenth century.

  • There was a regular tradition of miniature painting in France, extending from the times of the Clouets down to those of the great painters Isabey and Augustin.

  • Writing many years ago in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, he said the origin of miniature painting "is lost in the obscurity of the ninth century.

  • He had other gifts as well, to which we shall refer by and by, but perhaps all my readers may not be aware that Holbein must be regarded as the actual founder of the art of miniature painting in England.

  • It is with that great artist, who may be considered as the founder of miniature painting in this country, that we have now to deal.

  • It is very probable that the French art of miniature painting of the first half of the thirteenth century was mother of the later North-European art of painting.

  • These workshops were the birthplace of miniature painting, which reached perfection in the famous Burgundian "Livres d'Heures.

  • Although I do not usually dwell on miniature painting, I cannot resist mentioning one which is to be seen in the Ambrosian library at Milan, which appears to me a singular production.

  • It is believed that the art of miniature painting, so much prized in that age for the ornamenting of missals, received great improvement from him.

  • He often studied and made great preparation for his works, and corrected his outline as one would do in miniature painting.

  • She has had many pupils, and by her influence and example--for they endeavor to imitate their teacher--she has done much to improve and enlarge the style in miniature painting.

  • Vincent was her master in miniature painting, while Latour instructed her in the use of pastels.

  • After finishing her study under masters she took up miniature painting by herself, studying the works of old miniaturists.

  • After a time she devoted herself to miniature painting; her reputation extended to all the German courts, as well as to Holland and England, and her commissions were so numerous that her father began to regard her as a mine of riches.

  • She fixed her eyes steadfastly on Julia, the youngest daughter of Madame Dorival, who possessed in a high degree the charming talent of miniature painting.

  • I have not merited the prize, and I will not accept of praises which belong only to you, to your skill in miniature painting, and to the kindness of your heart.


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