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miniature painting
miniature painting Term that originally meant the art of manuscript illumination, but was later applied to very small paintings, usually portraits. In Europe, the earliest miniatures were produced in the late 15th century, and executed in the same materials as illuminated manuscripts. During the 18th century, miniaturists usually painted in watercolour on ivory and sometimes worked in oils on metal.
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