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Portraiture

Portraiture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Portraiture? [n] the activity of making portraits [n] a word picture of a person's appearance and character Synonyms \| Synonyms for Portraiture: portrait \| portrayal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Portraiture: acrylic painting \| alphabet \| art \| blueprint \| cameo \| catalog \| cataloging \| character \| character sketch \| charactering \| characterization \| chart \| choreography \| coloring \| conventional representation \| dance notation \| delineation \| demonstration \| depiction \| depictment \| description \| details \| diagram \| drama \| drawing \| encaustic cerography \| encaustic painting \| evocation \| exemplification \| figuration \| finger painting \| flower painting \| fresco painting \| genre painting \| gouache \| graphic account \| grisaille \| head \| hieroglyphic \| iconography \| ideogram \| illumination \| illustration \| image \| imagery \| imaging \| impasto \| impression \| itemization \| letter \| limning \| logogram \| logograph \| map \| miniature \| monochrome \| mural painting \| musical notation \| notation \| oil painting \| painting \| particularization \| photograph \| pictogram \| picture \| picturization \| plan \| portrait \| portrayal \| poster painting \| prefigurement \| presentment \| printing \| profile \| projection \| realization \| rendering \| rendition \| representation \| schema \| score \| script \| silhouette \| sketch \| specification \| syllabary \| symbol \| tablature \| the brush \| vignette \| vivid description \| wash \| wash drawing \| word painting \| writing See Also \| characterisation \| characterization \| delineation \| delineation \| depiction \| depiction \| picture \| portrayal \| word picture \| word-painting Portraiture In Webster's Dictionary \Por"traiture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. --Shak. Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. --Bacon. 2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole. \Por"traiture\, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] --Shaftesbury.

Portraiture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Portraiture?

[n] the activity of making portraits
[n] a word picture of a person's appearance and character

Synonyms | Synonyms for Portraiture: portrait | portrayal

Portraiture In Webster's Dictionary

\Por"trai*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.]
1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that
   which is copied from some example or model.

         For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture
         of his.                               --Shak.

         Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern;
         the love of our neighbors but the portraiture.
                                               --Bacon.

2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole.


\Por"trai*ture\, v. t.
To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.
[R.] --Shaftesbury.

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