The Miniature: Unreal Presence
Perspectives from Archaeology, Art History, and Architecture
edited by Carl Knappett and Matt Kavaler
Hardback (Published)
(April 2026)
ISBN: 9782503618937
Price: $157.00
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This volume explores the theme of the miniature – an ever-present form of material culture in human societies that is both reductive and intensifying, comforting and unsettling.
Though encountered in a wide range of societies past and present, miniatures have often been dismissed as playthings or trifles unworthy of scholarly attention. However, as object worlds increasingly make themselves impossible to ignore, the generative processes of material culture have come to the fore. One such process is miniaturisation, which is particularly intriguing as a means by which relations are created across object worlds. The scaling down from a prototypical object to a reduced version thereof is a powerful form of condensation and commentary. This volume integrates perspectives on this process from art history and archaeology, creating a new interdisciplinary outlook on this cross-cultural phenomenon.
- Edited by Matt Kavaler
- Edited by Carl Knappett
Other Titles in this Series
A Collaborative Tapestry in Honour of Shirley Ann Brown / Une fresque brodée en l’honneur de Shirley Ann Brown
The Bayeux Tapestry Seen by her Colleagues and Friends / La Tapisserie de Bayeux vue par ses collègues et amis
Naples as Laboratory / Laboratorium Neapel
Style Options, Artistic Rivalry and Self Fashioning in Neapolitan Baroque Painting / Plurale Stilbildung, Kunstlerkonkurrenz und Self Fashioning in der neapolitanischen Barockmalerei
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