enteenth and eighteenthcentury miniature, though it is given over totrivialities, shares the intention of the miniatureart of the old breviaries in enticing the spectatorto reverie. In the middle of the eighteenth century anotherchange took place in the ideal that miniaturistsplaced before… … JOHS, BARON BELASVSE (l6l4-lf<S>)) INSCRIBED S. COOlERy. 1646, BUT IERHAPS BY JOHN HOSKINS be maintained that the whole character of theirart was determined by the exigencies of the art ofthe miniature itself. Indeed Cosways free andoften <[uite unfinished style, while it is delightfulfor…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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