The Portrait Miniature in England

The Portrait Miniature in England

Author: Katherine Coombs

Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A highly readable account of the development of English miniature painting featuring masterpieces from the VandA's collection, which contains some of the finest examples in existence.


The Miniaturist

The Miniaturist

Author: Jessie Burton

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1447250931

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Korean edition of The Miniaturist: A Novel by Jessie Burton. The book won the 2014 Waterstones Book of the Year award and the author Jessie Burton won the 'new writer of the year' award at the 2014 National Book Awards. From the Back Cover; On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her splendid new home is not welcoming... In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.


Representing the English Renaissance

Representing the English Renaissance

Author: Stephen Greenblatt

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780520061309

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"An exciting collection of essays on English Renaissance literature and culture, this book contributes substantially to the contemporary renaissance in historical modes of critical inquiry."--Margaret W. Ferguson, Columbia University "An exciting collection of essays on English Renaissance literature and culture, this book contributes substantially to the contemporary renaissance in historical modes of critical inquiry."--Margaret W. Ferguson, Columbia University


Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators

Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators

Author: Stephen Bury

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2012-06-21

Total Pages: 1341

ISBN-13: 0199923051

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This dictionary consists of over 3000 entries on a range of British artists, from medieval manuscript illuminators to contemporary cartoonists. Its core is comprised of the entries focusing on British graphic artists and illustrators from the '2006 Benezit Dictionary of Artists' with an additional 90 revised and 60 new articles.


A Companion to British Art

A Companion to British Art

Author: David Peters Corbett

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-02-16

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1119170117

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This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art’s relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world