None of Adams's portraiture is included, because Szarkowski finds it "wooden.". From Wordnik.com. [Ansel Adams at 100] Reference
But the interest of portraiture is not merely historical; it is also ethnographical. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers] Reference
The common quality about portraiture is that the subject looks directly into the camera. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
Women painters have always excelled in portraiture, certainly the most difficult, if not the highest, branch of art. From Wordnik.com. [Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893] Reference
It is a great wonder to me that these gems of artistic word portraiture have not yet been translated into English. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
It is ideal for general photography such as portraiture and landscapes. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Photography Now] Reference
Is Mr. Lewis's picture photography, caricature, or the kind of portraiture that is art?. From Wordnik.com. [Contemporary American Literature Bibliographies and Study Outlines] Reference
But the most interesting kind of portraiture is that which arises spontaneously in people's minds. From Wordnik.com. [Public Opinion] Reference
Yea, they did gather that the things themselves were a kind of portraiture, and that, too, of Emmanuel Himself. From Wordnik.com. [Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)] Reference
The continual oppositions between France and England are illustrated in these parties, for they are a kind of portraiture of them. From Wordnik.com. [Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society] Reference
It contains several interesting touches of portraiture. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Mr. COREA: One good portraiture is the track called Queen Tedmur. From Wordnik.com. [Chick Corea, on 'The Ultimate Adventure'] Reference
These lit a glow into the portraiture of the nativity etched into the stained glass. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
Select a description of a person that shows the author's power of concise portraiture. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
His "Life of James Watt" conveys a sympathetic portraiture of the inventor of the steam engine. From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of Pittsburgh] Reference
The word "character" suggests portraiture, but these aren't portraits in the conventional sense. From Wordnik.com. [Before Expressionism, Great Expressions] Reference
One man who is greatly enjoying being the subject of this outsize portraiture is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From Wordnik.com. [The Year of Living Fearfully] Reference
These works represent a sustained level of emotional intensity rare in art and unheard of in portraiture. From Wordnik.com. [Before Expressionism, Great Expressions] Reference
This experience totally reshaped how she felt about photography and the art of portraiture, her specialty. From Wordnik.com. [Judy Shapiro: What Do Carly Fiorini, Lady GaGa and Judy Consumer Have in Common?] Reference
And it is a clinic in print portraiture, where fine details are the brushwork of a grand explanatory vision. From Wordnik.com. [Story pick: The deconstruction of Adrian Fenty] Reference
It was upon this significant and emblematic portraiture that the Squire was gazing when the parson joined him. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Many say the portrait is the earliest of Abraham Lincoln -- but a top Lincoln portraiture expert is unconvinced. From Wordnik.com. [But Honestly, Is It Abe?] Reference
A few well-authenticated anecdotes, however, will illustrate the character better than any elaborate portraiture. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
The history of pious and charitable foundations is a vindication of the truth of the portraiture of the "Prologue.". From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
Actually, the novel is more caricature than portraiture, although caricature can, and here does, rise to literature. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Wolfe's Rooftop Yawp] Reference
But, passing from mere portraiture to the realisation of ideas, the artist feels his liberty, and gives his genius full rein. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Head to the National Galley's recently opened exhibition for a look at fantastical art that blends portraiture and still life. From Wordnik.com. [Free and easy events] Reference
Bubble-gum pink accents provide a nice contrast against over-sized black and white fashion portraiture decorating the hallways. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Chan: The Top Ten Fashion Designer Hotels in the World] Reference
The colors are fresh and sparkling, and her sideways pose, with a three-quarter profile, was a dynamic innovation in portraiture. From Wordnik.com. [Joan Z. Shore: Da Vinci Decoded?] Reference
In portraiture the classical buffoon grinned and gibed at them from the tapestry; and even from his high station above the clouds. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Whatever the attractions of portraiture, self-portraiture and family history, there's still nothing like painting for painting's sake. From Wordnik.com. [Talent Pool] Reference
His views relative to private persons 'privacy prevented him from including portraiture in his drawings other than that of public men. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
This back-and-forth quality is common in Mr. Blair's efforts at portraiture, where criticism is often followed by a softening compliment. From Wordnik.com. [An Ally] Reference
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