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portraiture: a standalone construct

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Art history

the art of representing a particular person, which Brilliant treats as a negotiation between likeness, social role and identity.

In art history, portraiture refers to the art of representing a particular person, which Brilliant treats as a negotiation between likeness, social role and identity. This meaning comes from Brilliant (1991) in Portraiture.[1]

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identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs photographic archive1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Brilliant, R. (1991). Portraiture. Reaktion Books. ISBN 9780948462191

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