Art history

A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache or watercolor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Portrait miniature"

Pre-Romanesque art is the roughly 400 year period in Western European art from about the Carolingian Renaissance in the 8th century, to the beginning of the 12th century Romanesque period. The primary theme during this period is the introduction and absorption of classical Mediterranean and Christian forms with Germanic ones creating innovative new forms, leading to the rise of Romanesque art in the 12th century. In the outline of Medieval art it was preceded by what is commonly called the Migration Period art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pre-Romanesque art"

The Salimbeni Prize (Il Premio Salimbeni per la Storia e la Critica d'Arte) is awarded by the Fondazione Salimbeni per le Arti Figurative of Florence to honour excellence in the writing of art history on an Italian subject. The Premio Salimbeni was established in 1983. ...more on Wikipedia about "Salimbeni Prize"

See also: History of Buddhism, Buddhist art, Greco-Buddhist art ...more on Wikipedia about "Silk Road transmission of art"

A slide library is a library that houses a collection of photographic slides, either as a part of a larger library or standing alone. Typically, a "slide library" contains slides of artwork and is often used for the study of art history. Increasingly, these types of libraries are known as "Visual Resources Libraries", as they may be responsible for all "visual" materials for the study of a subject. They may contain: ...more on Wikipedia about "Slide library"

A Tondo is a small round picture in a frame. Particularly in the Italian art of 15th and 16th century was this special form likes. Like in a logo the scene is consolidated and omitted to a large extent unimportant. That again does not differentiate it insignificantly from the actual panorama picture. While in the painting the background is to be seen often still as suggestion, it is missing mostly completely with the reliefs. There are thus Tondi both and painted pictures and and reliefs. Admits already is it in ancient Rome. As example there is such Tondo with the portrait of the Greek poet Menander. The Menander-tondo of Marbury-Hall are very famous. Also man can understand the Clipeus as portrait on a sign also by it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tondo (art)"

The Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London. Its focus is the study of the influence of classical antiquity on all aspects of European civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warburg Institute"

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