A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to: *

Portrait miniature A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting from Renaissance art, usually executed in gouache, Watercolor painting, watercolor, or Vitreous enamel, enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illumin ...

, a miniature portrait painting *

Miniature art Miniature art includes paintings, engravings and sculptures that are very small; it has a long history that dates back to prehistory. The portrait miniature is the most common form in recent centuries, and from ancient times, engraved gems, o ...

, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture * Miniature food, small edible or inedible versions of food *

Miniature (chess) A miniature is a small-scale reproduction, or a small version. It may refer to: * Portrait miniature, a miniature portrait painting * Miniature art, miniature painting, engraving and sculpture * Miniature food, small edible or inedible versions ...

, a short chess game, typically with no more than 25 moves. *

Miniature (illuminated manuscript) A miniature (from the Latin verb 'to colour with minium', a red lead) is a small illustration used to decorate an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple illustrations of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with ...

, a small painting in an illuminated text **

Arabic miniature Arabic miniatures (Arabic: ٱلْمُنَمْنَمَات ٱلْعَرَبِيَّة, ''Al-Munamnamāt al-ʿArabīyyah'') are small paintings on paper, usually book or manuscript illustrations but also sometimes separate artworks that occupy entir ...

, a small painting in an illuminated text ** Armenian miniature, a small painting in an illuminated text **

Persian miniature A Persian miniature (Persian language, Persian: نگارگری ایرانی ''negârgari Irâni'') is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a ...

, a small painting in an illuminated text or album **

Ottoman miniature Ottoman miniature ( Turkish: ''Osmanlı minyatürü'') is a style of illustration found in Ottoman manuscripts, often depicting portraits or historic events. Its unique style was developed from multiple cultural influences, such as the Persian ...

, a small painting in an illuminated text or album *** Contemporary Turkish miniature, painting **

Mughal miniature Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper made in to miniature (illuminated manuscript), miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa), originating from the territory of the Mughal Emp ...

, a small painting in an illuminated text or album *

Scale model A scale model is a physical model that is geometrically similar to an object (known as the ''prototype''). Scale models are generally smaller than large prototypes such as vehicles, buildings, or people; but may be larger than small protot ...

** Room box **

Figurine A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cla ...

Miniature figure (gaming) In miniature wargaming, players enact simulated battles using scale models called miniature models, which can be anywhere from 2 to 54 mm in height, to represent warriors, vehicles, artillery, buildings, and terrain. These models are colloqui ...

, a small figurine used in role playing games and tabletop wargames *

Miniature (alcohol) A miniature is a small bottle of a Distilled beverage, spirit, liqueur or other alcoholic beverage. Their contents, typically 50 ml, are intended to comprise an individual serving. Miniatures may be used as gifts, samples, or for promotional pu ...

, a very small bottle of an alcoholic drink *

Miniature rose Garden roses are predominantly Hybrid (biology), hybrid roses that are grown as ornamental plants in private or public gardens. They are one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants, especially in temperate climates. An ...

* Miniature candy, smaller variations of

candy bar A candy bar is a type of portable candy that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the chocolate bar, including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate wi ...

s and

candy Candy, alternatively called sweets or lollies, is a Confectionery, confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, also called ''sugar confectionery'', encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum ...

Miniature effect A miniature effect is a special effect created for motion pictures and television programs using scale models. Scale models are often combined with high speed photography or matte shots to make gravitational and other effects appear convincing t ...

, a physical model of a larger object used to represent it in filmmaking *

Miniature horse A miniature horse is a breed or type of horse characterised by its small size. Usually it has been bred to display in miniature the physical characteristics of a full-sized horse, but to be little over in height, or even less. Although such h ...

, a very small breed of horse *

Miniature poodle The Poodle, called the in German () and the in French, is a breed of water dog. The breed is divided into four varieties based on size, the Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, although the Medium Poodle is no ...

, a smaller breed of poodle (dog) * ''

Mini ature ''Mini ature'' is a species of very small microhylid frog endemic to Madagascar described in 2019. The scientific name of the species refers to its size, being a pun on the word ''miniature''. Although it measures only in snout–vent length, ...

'', a species of frog

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* ''Miniatures'' (Alog album), 2005 * ''Miniatures'' (Nekropolis album), 1989 * ''Miniatures'' (video game), 2024 * ''Miniature'' (album), a 1988 album by Tim Berne * "Miniature" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1963 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' {{disambiguation