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portrait

Artistic representation of one or more persons

Also known as portraiture · portrait art

Instance of: art genre
, form of art
Subclass of: image
, work

Overview

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A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile and 3/4.

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82 statements · 17% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Depicts: person quantity: 1 · nature of statement: often
person quantity: 2 · nature of statement: sometimes
Practiced by: portraitist
Artsy gene: portrait
Facet of: figurative art
Hashtag: portrait
Different from: portrait painting criterion used: process different from product
Fabrication method: portrait painting
art of drawing
sculpture
photography

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