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Portraiture

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portrayalnounThe result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
portraitnoun(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

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portraitnoun(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
portrayalnounThe result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
photoportraitnounphoto portrait; an artfully taken photograph
statuenounA three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
portraymentnounportrayal
portrayeenoun(rare) One who is portrayed.
ports.nounAbbreviation of portraits.
depicturenoun(archaic) The act or result of depicturing something or someone.
tronienoun(art) A kind of painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.
depicturementnoun(obsolete, rare) The act or result of depicturing something.
ectypenoun(philosophy) A copy, reproduction; especially as contrasted with the original, archetype, or prototype.
pictorialismnoun(photography) A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
picturalnoun(obsolete) A picture.
depicternounOne who, or that which, depicts (a specified subject).
portogramnounAn image obtained through portography.
picternoun(archaic) Pronunciation spelling of picture. [A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.]
depictmentnoun(probably, nonstandard) depiction
panstereoramanoun(archaic) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or similar.
epigonismnounAn artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
painturenoun(obsolete) The art of painting.

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