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Definition of Portraiture

1. Noun. A word picture of a person's appearance and character.

Definition of Portraiture

1. n. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

2. v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.

Definition of Portraiture

1. Noun. the art of painting or photographing portraits ¹

2. Noun. a portrait (or portraits considered as a group) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Portraiture

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Portraiture

Literary usage of Portraiture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"portraiture, In the fine arts the representation, by means of painting, sculpture, ... portraiture is of very ancient origin. Sepulchral statues of the ..."

2. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"portraiture.—The study of Roman portraiture is interesting, both for its own sake and for the light which it throws upon history by its vivid portrayal of ..."

3. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1886)
"THE portraiture OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT: A TERRACOTTA HEAD IX MUNICH. The portraiture of Alexander III of Macedon has long been one of the vexed questions of ..."

4. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"Roman portraiture. — Heroic Portraits. — Portraits of Ladies and Others. ... portraiture, both ideal and iconic, had always appealed most strongly to the ..."

5. Pictorial Composition in Photography by Arthur Hammond (1920)
"CHAPTER VII Tones in portraiture — Roundness and Solidity Brought out by Lighting —Ordinary Lighting—Outdoor Portraits — Home portraiture — Unusual ..."

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