portraiture
[pawr-tri-cher, pohr-]
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Origin of portraiture
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Contemporary Examples
This is not the first exhibit to ever take on selfies, nor the first examination of portraiture.
Steve McCurry: Well, I thought of this more as a portraiture project of models rather than a fashion shoot in a way.
This penetrating style of portraiture works on the subtlest of emotional responses as well.
The Daily Pic: Giovanni Cariani caught the labors of portraiture.
In order to develop characters in his new work, Cotton looked closely at European portraiture.
Historical Examples
In portraiture, in scenery, in costume, he is simplicity itself.
The BalladistsJohn Geddie
That was the end of portraiture in England until a new school arose.
Six Centuries of PaintingRandall Davies
He was recognised as being, in a certain style of portraiture, second to Lawrence only.
Art in EnglandDutton Cook
Vandyke, Reynolds, Titian—he deemed these the great triumvirate of portraiture.
Art in EnglandDutton Cook
And so I think it rather safer to leave the portraiture to the imagination of my readers.
DulcibelHenry Peterson
portraiture
- the practice or art of making portraits
- another term for portrait (def. 1)
- portraits collectively
- a verbal description
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Word Origin and History for portraiture
n.
mid-14c., from Old French portraiture "portrait, image, portrayal, resemblance" (12c.), from portrait (see portrait).
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