orkerin gold and precious stones and the painter of por-trait miniatures; each has a limited space to fillwith beautiful work which will attract the eye atfirst glance and cause ever-increasing pleasure uponcloser scrutiny. Were not the monk, who laboreddevoutly and patiently over the ornamentation… … THE SISTERS by nmch the same spirit? The analogy is closer inmedieval times, but can it be denied that it still ex-ists ? Miniature painting is, therefore, in its essencea sur\-ival of a purely medieval art, and, like paint-ing in oils, has undergone many changes in the lapseof time; but is it not…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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