Portraiture
noun
The art of creating portraits, generally in painting, drawing, photography, or engraving.
The artist specializes in portraiture, capturing the unique details of each subject's face.
Often appears as...
- portrait photography
- self portraiture
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Artistic
noun
A representation or a description of someone or something in literature or writing.
The book presents a detailed portraiture of the life of the famous artist.
Often appears as...
- biographical portraiture
- literary portraiture
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Literary
noun
The art of creating portraits, generally in painting, drawing, photography, or engraving.
The artist specializes in portraiture, capturing the unique details of each subject's face.
Often appears as...
- portrait photography
- self portraiture
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Artistic
noun
A representation or a description of someone or something in literature or writing.
The book presents a detailed portraiture of the life of the famous artist.
Often appears as...
- biographical portraiture
- literary portraiture
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Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
Portraiture in art captures emotions and personality, not just physical appearance.
Her portraiture expressed a sense of sadness that wasn't visible.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Photography
Though photographs can be portraits, portraiture often implies handcrafted art.
The gallery's portraiture exhibition featured no photos, only paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Insight
Artistic portraiture can provide a glimpse into the history and culture of a time.
The 18th-century portraiture showed the fashion trends of that era.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
Portraiture in art captures emotions and personality, not just physical appearance.
Her portraiture expressed a sense of sadness that wasn't visible.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Photography
Though photographs can be portraits, portraiture often implies handcrafted art.
The gallery's portraiture exhibition featured no photos, only paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Insight
Artistic portraiture can provide a glimpse into the history and culture of a time.
The 18th-century portraiture showed the fashion trends of that era.
Pro Tip 1/3Artistic Expression
Portraiture in art captures emotions and personality, not just physical appearance.
Her portraiture expressed a sense of sadness that wasn't visible.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Photography
Though photographs can be portraits, portraiture often implies handcrafted art.
The gallery's portraiture exhibition featured no photos, only paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Insight
Artistic portraiture can provide a glimpse into the history and culture of a time.
The 18th-century portraiture showed the fashion trends of that era.
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How can social media...
what he's seeing and documenting now we know this story we know the story of ordinary citizens taking tools that are generally used for distributing that class of portraiture called selfie with third margarita and actually pressing those same tools into political use but
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Proof: Martin Schoeller...
when they're more raw unexpected when they're kind of forget that they're being photographed for a moment if you ask the people that are not in the pictures they all like them and say oh my god if it's the honors that feel so different from all the other portraiture
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Rick Guidotti: From...
I also did portraiture as well. I've worked for lots of different magazines, lots of great clients. But I was always told, every single day, who was beautiful. I was forced to work within certain parameters of the beauty standard.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
she becomes a psychological subject. Her eye contact and slightly parted lips, as if she is about to say something, draw us into her gaze. Traditional subjects of portraiture were often nobility or religious figures.
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How can social media...
what he's seeing and documenting now we know this story we know the story of ordinary citizens taking tools that are generally used for distributing that class of portraiture called selfie with third margarita and actually pressing those same tools into political use but
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Proof: Martin Schoeller...
when they're more raw unexpected when they're kind of forget that they're being photographed for a moment if you ask the people that are not in the pictures they all like them and say oh my god if it's the honors that feel so different from all the other portraiture
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Rick Guidotti: From...
I also did portraiture as well. I've worked for lots of different magazines, lots of great clients. But I was always told, every single day, who was beautiful. I was forced to work within certain parameters of the beauty standard.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
she becomes a psychological subject. Her eye contact and slightly parted lips, as if she is about to say something, draw us into her gaze. Traditional subjects of portraiture were often nobility or religious figures.
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Duane Michals
American Photographer
I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.
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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
One can, in principle, outline sort of a set of neural circuits that are critically involved and even identify disorders that affect different components of that neural circuit and see what happens if you knock out, for example, inability to recognize faces, how it affects your response to portraiture.
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Peter Lindbergh
German Photographer
The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most people just take pictures, but they stand for nothing. They follow trends and don't know why.
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Jemima Kirke
American Actress
Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.
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Annie Leibovitz
American Photographer
I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way.
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Antony Sher
South African Writer
When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.
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Laurie Simmons
American Artist
I never could have predicted that I would have done something that could be called portraiture.
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Amy Sherald
American Artist
My approach to portraiture is conceptual.
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Duane Michals
American Photographer
I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.
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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
One can, in principle, outline sort of a set of neural circuits that are critically involved and even identify disorders that affect different components of that neural circuit and see what happens if you knock out, for example, inability to recognize faces, how it affects your response to portraiture.
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Peter Lindbergh
German Photographer
The photographer, even in fashion and portraiture, has to have a standpoint. It's important to know what you stand for, no? Most people just take pictures, but they stand for nothing. They follow trends and don't know why.
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Jemima Kirke
American Actress
Portraiture keeps me humble. It's simple and straightforward. There is nothing more interesting I can make up than the figure sitting right in front of me.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
What is portraiture? It's choice. It's the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.
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Annie Leibovitz
American Photographer
I personally made a decision many years ago that I wanted to crawl into portraiture because it had a lot of latitude.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way.
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Antony Sher
South African Writer
When I'm painting and drawing I only do people. Acting is obviously portraiture - and writing is as well.
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Laurie Simmons
American Artist
I never could have predicted that I would have done something that could be called portraiture.
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Amy Sherald
American Artist
My approach to portraiture is conceptual.
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