Noun : a miniaturist with a collection of dollhouses. From Dictionary.com.
A miniaturist could put a village in one of those eggs. From Wordnik.com. [ostrich meat - a delicious low-fat alternative to beef] Reference
What's more, I notice I'm becoming something of a miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Back to the Garden] Reference
Edridge, Henry (1769 – 1821): engraver and miniaturist renowned for his portrait drawings. From Wordnik.com. [Index of People] Reference
Note also his Ferrarese training in the almost miniaturist detail of the folds of the clothes. From Wordnik.com. [The Ascension of Christ] Reference
These few pages show to the world the most perfect example of the delicacy and skill of the miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Writer Sarah Thornton deploys a miniaturist technique to examine the contemporary art world in this new book. From Wordnik.com. [DATEBOOK | Nov. 7-13] Reference
I have a small perch, am a theological miniaturist, and represent progressive Christianity at its most immodest. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Schaper: Easter Maybe on April 12th?] Reference
She compared her own technique to a miniaturist, "the little bit of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush". From Wordnik.com. [Pride, prejudice and poor punctuation] Reference
At first Freud cemented their friendship with an exquisite, quasi-miniaturist portrait painted on an etching plate. From Wordnik.com. [The Way to All Flesh] Reference
His Jekyll-and-Hyde painterly instincts range from watchmaker miniaturist to unrestrained big-stroke action painter. From Wordnik.com. [Boldini at the Clark Art Institute] Reference
Le Blon's printing invention also incorporated technical information familiar to him as an engraver and miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
With plays such as My Child and Contractions, Mike Bartlett has established a reputation as a theatrical miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Earthquakes in London] Reference
It should probably say: “William Russell Birch, a famous British or English miniaturist, visited Philadelphia…”. From Wordnik.com. [Unusual Items: 1792 Birch Cent : Coin Collecting News] Reference
A miniaturist could put a village in one of those eggs. margojean www. geocities.com/margotwoj/game. html wendy devlin. From Wordnik.com. [ostrich meat - a delicious low-fat alternative to beef] Reference
I haven't the energy for it, I said, I'm a miniaturist, content with short fiction and the very occasional piece of poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference
The 3 inch watercolour of Thomas Lefroy was painted by the leading English miniaturist George Engleheart of the day in 1798. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
I doubt that Donald Barthelme's new collection will alter significantly anyone's perception of this accomplished miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderers] Reference
Of course, once the farsightedness of age came in addition to the nearsightedness, his miniaturist career might have been over. From Wordnik.com. [How on earth did they do it?] Reference
His five masterpieces, known as the Khamsa (Quintet), have been superbly illustrated by miniaturist painters over the centuries. From Wordnik.com. [1166] Reference
The song Je me recommande is a fine example of his style and illustrates many of the features that make Binchois a supreme miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
But neatness is not my strong point, and I'm no miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [JTA - Recent News] Reference
The miniaturist laughed and laid her palms against her cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
A famous Italian miniaturist, called by Vasari "the unique" and. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Druid priestess, and Miss Wilbur, the miniaturist, showed forth as Madame. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
Yet he was far from being a miniaturist, -- he was, in fact, anything but that. From Wordnik.com. [Edward MacDowell] Reference
Underworld, an attempt by a miniaturist to write an epic, does not concern us yet. From Wordnik.com. [The Valve] Reference
"You can't mean Medora Giles," said the miniaturist quickly, pausing amidst the laces of her bodice. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Skylights] Reference
It's quite a gem of late miniaturist art -- vellum folio, with borders and head-pieces by Giulio Clovio. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
It followed that, when they attempted subjects on a really large scale, the faults of the miniaturist clung about them. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts] Reference
The miniaturist of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries constantly relieved his groups of figures upon a diapered ground. From Wordnik.com. [Line and Form (1900)] Reference
The library was filled with choice MSS., illuminated for the most part by Jehan Foucquet, the famous miniaturist from Tours. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Book-Collectors] Reference
Florence, combined with an almost infantine delight in pure bright colours, and in the decorative details of the miniaturist. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts] Reference
Before speaking of painters I must mention one miniaturist whose works were in demand in other countries, as well as in England. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
West Diddlesex, are tenanted now by a couple of artists: young Pinkney the miniaturist, and George Rumbold the historical painter. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
Vasari asserts that Guido's brother Benedetto, a miniaturist, was also very clever in a larger style of painting, but the researches of. From Wordnik.com. [Fra Angelico] Reference
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