Treasuring the gaze : intimate vision in late eighteenth-century eye miniatures /

The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Worn as brooches or pendants, these minuscule eyes served the same emotional need as more conventional mementoes, such as lockets containing a coil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grootenboer, Hanneke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
1700-1799
Eye in art > History > 18th century.
Gaze in art > History > 18th century.
Portrait miniatures > Europe > History > 18th century.
Visual perception in art.
Intimacy (Psychology) in art.
Œil dans l'art > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Regard dans l'art > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Portraits en miniature > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Perception visuelle dans l'art.
Intimité dans l'art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Miniatures.
Eye in art.
Gaze in art.
Portrait miniatures.
Europe.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Worn as brooches or pendants, these minuscule eyes served the same emotional need as more conventional mementoes, such as lockets containing a coil of a loved one's hair. The fashion lasted only a few decades, and by the early 1800s eye miniatures had faded into oblivion. Unearthing these portraits in Treasuring the Gaze, Hanneke Grootenboer proposes that the rage for eye miniatures-and their abrupt disappearance-reveals a knot in.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 223 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226309712
0226309711

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