has lost much ofits decorative intention ; the idea that it should bean ornament has iieen to a great extent abandoned,and the desire to make it a portrait pure andsimple has become almost universal. This changeis mainly due, there seems no reason to doubt, tothe introduction of photography. By… … BROWN STUDY miniature rivals the photograph in literal likeness-making, and they are as often as not quite as wellpleased with a coloured photograph as with thebest example of the modern miniaturists work.If all the miniature painting of the present daywere on thesephotographiclines the…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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