Definition of PORTRAIT. Meaning of PORTRAIT. Synonyms of PORTRAIT

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Definition of PORTRAIT

Portrait
Portrait Por"trait, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.] 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.
Portrait
Portrait Por"trait, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Meaning of PORTRAIT from wikipedia

- 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...
- The Portrait may refer to: The Portrait (Magritte), a 1935 painting by René Magritte "The Portrait" (short story), an 1835 short story by Nikolai Gogol...
- Natural light portraiture Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of...
- The Chandos portrait is an oil painted portrait thought to depict William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Painted between 1600 and 1610, it may have served as...
- The Arnolfini Portrait (or The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, the Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, or other titles) is an oil painting...
- Look up portrait in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A portrait is a visual likeness of a person. Portrait or portraits may also refer to: Portrait painting...
- authentic portraits, the posthumous 1819 painting by Barbara Krafft is the best known. The task of distinguishing authentic from inauthentic portraits has occupied...
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the second novel of Irish writer James Joyce, published in 1916. A Künstlerroman written in a modernist style...
- A Portrait may refer to: A Portrait (Voice of the Beehive album) A Portrait (John Denver album) Portrait (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
- adapted for films and stage performances. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist...