portraiture
IPA: pˈɔrtrʌtʃɝ
noun
- A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
- The art of painting or photographing portraits.
- A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).
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Examples of "portraiture" in Sentences
- Portraiture is the thread that runs through his work.
- During the daguerrotype era, portraiture predominated.
- Portraiture is merely the process of creating a portrait.
- By the 1960s and 1970s, there was a revival of portraiture.
- It culminates the master sculptor's revolution in portraiture.
- During his early years, he practised portraiture as a miniaturist.
- In 1921, he won the first of his Archibald Prizes for portraiture.
- During his earlier years, he practised portraiture as a miniaturist.
- The Renaissance marked a turning point in the history of portraiture.
- In the field of fine art portraiture, the artist is very accomplished.
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