Miniature: Human Figure Life Styles

by Color Smart

Miniature is a noun which could a greatly diminished size or form; a reduced scale, a small version of something; a model of reduced scale; a small, highly detailed painting; a portrait miniature; the art of painting such highly detailed miniature works; an illustration in an illuminated manuscript; a musical composition which is short in duration; a token in a game (gaming) representing a unit or character; lettering in red; rubric distinction; and a particular feature or trait. Its derived terms are miniaturist and miniaturism.

A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer

• Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting

• Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture

• Miniature (illuminated manuscript), a small painting in an illuminated text

• Persian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album

• Ottoman miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album

• Mughal miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text or album

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2018