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Grand manner refers to an idealized aesthetic style derived from classicism and the art of the High Renaissance. In the eighteenth century, British artists and connoisseurs used the term to describe paintings that incorporated visual metaphors in order to suggest noble qualities. It was Sir Joshua Reynolds who gave currency to the term through ...
The 18th-century house was designed by Robert Adam, and has been described as his best classical house in Scotland, the grand manner in miniature. [2] This great neoclassical mansion was demolished in two stages in 1954 and in 1975.
Signature. Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter who specialised in portraits. Art critic John Russell called him one of the major European painters of the 18th century. [1] He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on idealisation of the imperfect.
"The Miniature Hollywood Mansion" North London: 11 September 2013 () 2.64: 3 "The Giant Farm Shed" York: 18 September 2013 () 2.73: 4 "The Crooked Chocolate Box Cottage" Tiverton: 25 September 2013 () 2.52: 5 "The Metal Sculptural Home" Strathaven, South Lanarkshire: 2 October 2013 () 2.60: 6 "The Japanese House"
Designers and Sculptors. Years active. 1977/8–present. Alan and Michael Perry (born 1961) are former Citadel Miniatures designers, and two of the most renowned and prolific sculptors for the miniature wargaming hobby. They worked for Games Workshop from 1978 until 2014, and during that time worked on most of the company's miniature ranges. [1][2]
Warhammer 40,000 (sometimes colloquially called Warhammer 40K, WH40K or 40k) is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. [ 4 ] The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, and the tenth and ...
The Grandes Chroniques de France is a vernacular royal compilation of the history of the Kingdom of France, most manuscripts of which are luxury copies that are heavily illuminated. Copies were produced between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, the text being extended at intervals to cover recent events. It was first compiled in the reign ...
A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam or electric motors).