Claude Bornet
The Intimacy of the Miniature In the heart of 18th-century Paris, a period defined by the opulent flourishes of the Rococo, Claude Bornet emerged as a master of the infinitesimal. His work did not demand the vastness of cathedral ceilings but rather the quiet, focused gaze of the individual. Bornet possessed an extraordinary ability to capture the fleeting essence of a soul within the tiny confines of a portrait miniature, creating windows into the characters of his era. Through the painstaking application of translucent glazes and a devotion to anatomical precision, he breathed life into sma…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Claude Bornet's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
