Portrait-drawing

  • 21portrait — por•trait [[t]ˈpɔr trɪt, treɪt, ˈpoʊr [/t]] n. 1) a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, sculpture, or photograph 2) a verbal picture or description, usu. of a person 3) cmp pertaining to, designating, or producing… …

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  • 22portrait — n. 1 a representation of a person or animal, esp. of the face, made by drawing, painting, photography, etc. 2 a verbal picture; a graphic description. 3 a person etc. resembling or typifying another (is the portrait of his father). 4 (in graphic… …

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  • 23pencil drawing — Drawing executed with a pencil, an instrument made of graphite enclosed in a wood casing. Though graphite was mined in the 16th century, its use by artists is not known before the 17th century. In the 17th–18th century, graphite was used… …

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  • 24Self-portrait — A Self portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 1400s that… …

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  • 25Plumbago drawing — url= http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/11868 popup.html title= Portrait of Lady Anne Churchill work=Paintings Drawings accessdate= 2007 10 17] Victoria and Albert Museum, London] Plumbago drawings are graphite drawings from the 17th and 18th… …

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  • 26Outline of drawing and drawings — The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to drawing and drawings: Drawing – activity of making marks on a surface so as to create an image, form or shape. A drawing – product of that activity. Contents 1 Nature of… …

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  • 27National Portrait Gallery (London) — infobox London museum name= National Portrait Gallery established= 1856 collection= 10,000 portraits area= location= St Martin s Place, WC2, England visitors= 1,500,000 (2005) [ [http://www.alva.org.uk/visitor statistics/ Association of Leading… …

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  • 28Donor portrait — This 15th century Nativity by Rogier van der Weyden shows the fashionably dressed donor integrated into the main scene, the central panel of a triptych. A donor portrait or votive portrait is a portrait in a larger painting or other work showing… …

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  • 29self-portrait — n a drawing, painting, or description that you do of yourself …

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  • 30self-portrait — self portraits N COUNT A self portrait is a drawing, painting, or written description that you do of yourself …

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