Definitions for Portraiture
ˈpɔr trɪ tʃər, ˈpoʊr-por·trai·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun

   a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. portraiturenoun

   the activity of making portraits

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. portraiturenoun

   the art of painting or photographing portraits

2. portraiturenoun

   a portrait (or portraits considered as a group)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portraiturenoun

   Picture; painted resemblance.

   Etymology: portraiture, Fr. from portray.

   By the image of my cause I see
   The portraiture of his. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Let some strange mysterious dream,
   Wave at his wings in airy stream
   Of lively portraiture display’d,
   Softly on my eye-lids laid. John Milton.

   Herein was also the portraiture of a hart. Brown.

   This is the portraiture of our earth, drawn without flattery. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   Her wry-mouth’d portraiture
   Display’d the fates her confessors endure. Alexander Pope.

   He delineates and gives us the portraiture of a perfect orator. Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portraiture

   A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. 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, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portraiture

   Portraiture is an artistic representation or depiction of a person, in which the face, features, and often the expression, personality or mood of the subject are predominantly emphasized. This can be created through various mediums including photography, painting, sculpture or other artistic formats. The intent is to capture the likeness, character, or essence of a person or group of people.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Portraiturenoun

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

2. Portraiturenoun

   pictures, collectively; painting

3. Portraiturenoun

   the art or practice of making portraits

4. Portraitureverb

   to represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray

5. Etymology: [F. portraiture.]

Matched Categories

1. • Depiction
   • Word Picture

How to pronounce Portraiture?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Portraiture in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portraiture in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portraiture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Portraiture in a Sentence

1. Avery Broderick:

   Well be able to map space-times by looking at black hole cinema, not portraiture.

2. Todd Brandow:

   He really was one of the greats, he was the founding figure of modernism in photography and the modern woman in fashion photography, as well as modern portraiture.

3. Alexis Rodrguez-Duarte:

   They have a wonderful collaborative relationship that creates beautiful photographs, they work at the intersection of fashion and portraiture and conjure a special mix of artifice…Through this collection people will see the range of contributions Cuban-Americans have made to this society.

4. Curator Xavier Bray:

   His innovative and unconventional approach took the art of portraiture to new heights through his ability to reveal the inner life of his sitters, even in his grandest and most memorable formal portraits.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Portraiture
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Portraiture
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Portraiture
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraiture
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Portraiture