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2. Portrait photography - Wikipedia

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   Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. [1] A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. [1] Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings, school events, or ...

3. List of photographs considered the most important - Wikipedia

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   Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement . [s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.

4. Senior portraits - Wikipedia

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5. Portrait painting - Wikipedia

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   Portrait painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and private persons, or they may be inspired by admiration or affection for the subject.

6. Portrait - Wikipedia

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   The Mona Lisa, a painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Lisa Gherardini, is the world's most famous portrait. 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 can be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better ...

7. Portraits of Vincent van Gogh - Wikipedia

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   The portraits of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) include self-portraits, portraits of him by other artists, and photographs—one of which is dubious—of the Dutch artist. Van Gogh's dozens of self-portraits were an important part of his œuvre as a painter. Most probably, van Gogh's self-portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the ...

8. Portraiture of Elizabeth I - Wikipedia

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   One of many portraits of its type, with a reversed Darnley face pattern, c. 1585–90, artist unknown. The portraiture of Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603) spans the evolution of English royal portraits in the early modern period (1400/1500-1800), from the earliest representations of simple likenesses to the later complex imagery used to convey ...

9. Self-Portrait at the Age of 63 - Wikipedia

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   NG221. Self-Portrait at the Age of 63 is a self-portrait by the Dutch artist Rembrandt. One of three dating to 1669, it was one of the last in his series of around 80 self-portraits, painted in the months before his death in October 1669. Despite the closeness of his death, and the concentration on his aging face, Rembrandt makes an impression ...