portrait-painting

  • 101portrait — 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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  • 102History of painting — The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre historic humans, and spans all cultures. The history of painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and… …

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  • 103Western painting — The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. [Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism (Paperback)by Bruce Cole, Simon and Shuster, 1981,… …

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  • 104Dutch Golden Age painting — Dutch Masters redirects here. For the cigar, see Dutch Masters (cigar). Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid (1658–1660) Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century,[ …

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  • 105Self-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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  • 106Donor 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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  • 107Royal Society of Portrait Painters — The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a British association of portrait painters which holds an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. Members use the initials RP after their names.HistoryThe Royal Society of Portrait Painters was …

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  • 108self-portrait — painting which describes the facial features of the artist himself; self description …

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  • 109Arnolfini Portrait — Infobox Painting| title=The Arnolfini Portrait artist=Jan van Eyck year=1434 type=Oil on oak panel of 3 vertical boards height=82.2 (panel 84.5) width=60 (panel 62.5) height inch=32.4 width inch = 23.6 city=London museum=National Gallery The… …

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  • 110Thematic development of Italian Renaissance painting — This article about the development of themes in Italian Renaissance painting is an extension to the article Italian Renaissance painting, for which it provides additional pictures with commentary. The works encompassed are from Giotto in the… …

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