portraiture

[ pawr-tri-cher, pohr- ]

/ ˈpɔr trɪ tʃər, ˈpoʊr- /

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noun

the art or an instance of making portraits.

a pictorial representation; portrait.

a verbal picture.

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Origin of portraiture

1325–75; Middle English <Middle French; see portrait, -ure

Words nearby portraiture

portrait, portrait flask, portraitist, portrait lens, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, portraiture, portray, portrayal, portrayed, portress, Port Royal

How to use portraiture in a sentence

Ektachrome was intended primarily for portraiture, so it has a bias toward warmer hues.
How These Rothkos Were Restored Without Touching the Canvas|Adam Rogers|May 30, 2021|The Daily Beast
This competition seeks entries that broaden the definition of portraiture with images and media that reflect the country’s diversity as represented through the identities of the artists and subjects as well as their varying backgrounds depicted.
National Portrait Gallery art competition now open|Philip Van Slooten|January 19, 2021|Washington Blade
However, argues Hall, the point in history when self-portraiture really took off was during the Middle Ages.
The Original Selfies|William O’Connor|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That technology can also expand the concepts of traditional self-portraiture and of selfies.
The Art of the Selfie|Erin Cunningham|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This is not the first exhibit to ever take on selfies, nor the first examination of portraiture.
The Art of the Selfie|Erin Cunningham|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Steve McCurry: Well, I thought of this more as a portraiture project of models rather than a fashion shoot in a way.
A New Kind of Pirelli Calendar|Misty White Sidell|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This penetrating style of portraiture works on the subtlest of emotional responses as well.
Into the Woods With Virginia Woolf: Emily Perkins and ‘The Forrests’|Lucy Scholes|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I think these extracts are sufficient to give a portraiture of the place in olden times.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
This solemn tragedy they felt to be the theme of devout and prayerful meditation rather than of portraiture in art.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
This portraiture of his brother-artist is not a bad specimen of its kind, although we shall meet with better ones.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The last-quoted letter adds a few more touches to the portraiture of Chopin which has been in progress in the preceding pages.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
His Life by his satellite Boswell holds the first place among biographies as a triumph of portraiture.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt

British Dictionary definitions for portraiture

portraiture

/ (ˈpɔːtrɪtʃə) /

noun

the practice or art of making portraits

another term for portrait (def. 1)
portraits collectively

a verbal description

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