9783777490212
Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
Miniatures
From the Time of Marie Antoinette in the Tansey Collection
The Tansey miniatures, now held by the Bomann Museum in Celle, represent one of the most significant collections of European miniature paintings. This volume is the fifth in a series exploring the collection in key periods. Each volume presents new photographic reproductions of the miniatures at actual size.
This volume covers the final fifty years of the eighteenth century, perhaps the most magnificent period in the history of miniature painting, a time of great innovation in both style and technique. Essays by specialists in the field offer insights into the artworks, their patrons, and the period. The resulting book is as informative as it is beautiful, a stunning testament to a bygone age and a once-popular form.
Table of Contents
Combined German/English Edition
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Preface
Foreword
Miniatures from the Time of Marie Antoinette in the Tansey Collection
Bernd Pappe
“It Is not the Miniature that Excels”: The Paris Miniaturists in the Time of Marie Antoinette
Gerrit Walczak
Miniature Painters at the Court of Louis XVI: The Royal Road and Detours to Fame
Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard
“None of the Pettiness of the Miniature’: The Impact of the Art of Peter Adolf Hall in France
Bernd Pappe
Ignazio Pio Vittoriano Campana (1744–1786), Peintre ordinaire du cabinet of Marie Antoinette: From the Turin of Charles Emmanuel III to the Paris of Louis XVI
Bernardo Falconi
Moments of Happiness: Insights into a Time of Cultural Transition
Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten
Catalogue
Bernardo Falconi
Moments of Happiness: Insights into a Time of Cultural Transition
Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten
Catalogue
Short Biographies of the Miniaturists
Literature
Index
Photo Credits
About the Editors