Courtney Leigh Harri - Tiny Treasures : The Magic of Miniatures - Hard

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The item is a book Hardback
The Author Name is Courtney Leigh Harris
The Title is Tiny Treasures : The Magic of Miniatures

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A glorious trove of miniature art across eras and mediumsa€”from ancient Egypt to the present, from netsuke to medieval shrinesIntricate and appealing, curious and uncanny, miniature works of art exert surprising power. Over thousands of years and across cultures, artists and artisans have created small objects for many purposes: tiny gold amulets of ancient Egyptian gods to protect the wearer portable European medieval shrines made of precious materials to hold the relics of saints English and American miniature painted portraits to keep loved ones close Dutch dollhouse furnishings to display the makera€s skill and the ownera€s social standing pocket-size tools and globes from the age of exploration Japanese netsuke carved in the shape of auspicious animals and everyday objects transformed into statement jewelry by contemporary makers. Tiny Treasures looks closely at more than 75 fascinating miniature objects from across the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exploring their meaning and purpose along with their often dazzling workmanship, and showing that the human impulse to create on a small scale can produce compelling masterpieces.

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