The Art of Painting in Miniature - Teaching the Speedy and Perfect Acquisition of That Art Without a Master. by Rules So Easy, and in a Method So Natural, as to Render This Charming Accomplishment Universally Attainable. (Paperback)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>T224742<Notes>A translation of Claude Boutet's 'Traite de la peinture en mignature'. With three final contents and advertisement leaves.<imprintFull>London: printed for James Hodges; and John James, 1739. <collation> 10],121, 7]p.: ill.; 8