Eye miniatures or Lovers' eyes were Georgian miniatures, normally watercolour on ivory, depicting the eye or eyes of a spouse, loved one or child. These were usually commissioned for sentimental reasons and were often worn as bracelets, brooches, pendants or rings with richly decorated frames, serving the same emotional need as lockets hiding ...

Georgians, or Kartvelians[d] (/ kɑːrtˈvɛliənz /; Georgian: ქართველები, romanized: kartvelebi, pronounced [kʰaɾtʰʷelebi]), are a nation and Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Georgian kingdoms.

2017年9月15日 · Eye miniatures, also known as lover’s eyes, were a subgenre of jewelry that became the height of fashion in the Georgian era. For centuries, tiny personal portraits of one’s beloved...

Georgian “lover’s eye” brooch with a pearl surround circa 1830. This is an unusual example because it is a man’s eye...women’s eyes are more common. Painted on ivory and having a compartment on the back which may have once held a lock of hair.

2024年2月10日 · From 1785-1830, Lover’s Eyes were painted on small pieces of ivory, set in jewels, and worn as brooches pinned close to the heart as cherished talismans, clandestine proclamations of love, playful social guessing games, and the metonymic possession of the distant or departed beloved.

2018年6月5日 · The lover’s eye fashion trend is said to have been inspired by the rebellious Prince of Wales (who eventually became King George IV). In the 1780s, the Prince began a scandalous affair with a Catholic, Maria Fitzherbert, and had a miniaturist paint his eye and set it in a locket for her. Fitzherbert, in return, had her eyes painted for her ...

George Engleheart, miniaturist to King George III, (and rival of Cosway) records twenty-three eye portraits from 1775 to 1813 in his ledger. Queen Victoria famously revived eye miniatures for use as presentation pieces.

Maria’s eye portrait was worn by George under his lapel in a locket as a memento of her love. This was the catalyst that began the popularity of lover’s eyes. From its inception, the very nature of wearing the eye is a personal one and a statement of love by the wearer.

2017年5月14日 · Georgian hagiographical and historiographical compositions open a unique window onto a northern part of the Sasanian world that, while sharing striking affinities with the Iranian heartland, was home to vibrant, cosmopolitan cultures that …

Tabitha Vevers explores themes of power, pain, love, and liberation in her prolific series Lover’s Eyes. Inspired by traditional eye miniatures, a genre of portrait jewelry that became the height of fashion in the Georgian era, Vevers embraces historic painting techniques to create contemporary, jewel-like eye portraits in oil on Ivorine.