"Traditional portraiture" refers to the classical and conventional style of painting or drawing a person's likeness, usually with a focus on capturing their physical appearance and personality.
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Sentences with «traditional portraiture»
- The show displays a wide variety of portraits of women, all exhibited in the same format, that challenge the idea of traditional portraiture. (burnaway.org)
- The purpose here is to record the interaction between the character and the environment, rather than to record the figure's face and physical features, as in traditional portraiture. (aestheticamagazine.com)
- The images range from traditional portraiture to very modern close - ups of the heads. (lightwork.org)
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