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	Portrait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Portraits are often simple head shots or mug shots and are not usually overly elaborate.
		Some of the earliest portraits of people who were not kings or emperors, are the funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt's Fayum district (illustration, right).
		In politics, portraits of the leader are often used as a symbol of the state.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portrait (728 words)

	miniature painting - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about miniature painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Portrait of an Unknown Young Man against a Background of Flames, by English miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard, was painted for a locket.
		Painting on a very small scale, notably early manuscript illumination, and later miniature portraits, sometimes set in jewelled cases, and Islamic paintings.
		Hans Holbein the Younger introduced miniature portrait painting into England, the form reaching its height in the works of Hilliard in the 16th century, though continuing well into the 19th century.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /miniature%20painting (454 words)

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	THE OTTOMAN SULTAN’S AND THE ART OF PAINTING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He did not like the paintings of foreign artists such as portraits and therefore he discarded those made by foreign artists that were hanging in the palace.
		Portraits of the Ottoman sultans began to be sent to European rulers and embassies.
		These paintings were the first to be placed in the collection of the palace.
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	Portrait Painting by Portrait Artist Marvin Mattelson
		Portrait artist Marvin Mattelson creates custom oil portraiture of the highest quality, harking back to a level of craftsmanship and artistry that had virtually disappeared by the conclusion of the nineteenth century.
		A recent portrait painting, Sylvia at Seventeen, is a perfect example of how a modern master of classical realism can combine a contemporary aesthetic with classical painting technique to create a truly timeless work of art.
		Ten of his paintings are included in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. The Art Renewal Project, the largest online museum of representational art, chose Marvin Mattelson to be one of twenty-eight Charter Members in their "Living Masters' Gallery" and to endorse him as a recommended atelier educator.
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	Portrait painting, painted portraits, oil painting portrait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This portrait was painted near the end of Lockwood's life and acquired by the Society in 1857.
		AUSTRALIAN entertainer Rolf Harris is to paint a portrait of the Queen to celebrate her 80th birthday, it was announced yesterday.
		Portrait painting has for centuries been the main medium of choice for a...
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	Jane Casey Singer: Early Portrait Painting in Tibet
		While one can never ascertain the portrait's verisimilitude, it is likely that the artist--who may never have seen her--conceived of the queen as a physiognomic type; and being a queen, she was obliged to possess a kind of unearthly beauty.
		Whoever paints a portrait must be thoroughly familiar with the rules of physiognomy, for the disposition of the parts of people's faces is like that of the Five Mountains or Four Rivers, each element being different....I begin with the left side of the nose, and then go to its right side.
		Although the painting is reproduced in fl and white, the grey tone of Drakpa Gyaltsen's hair matches that of his robe, and must be red or orange in the original.
	www.asianart.com /articles/portrait (8120 words)

	A Stroke of Genius Portrait Artists - Corporate, Government, Official, Family & Children's Portraits
		THOMAS NASH painted the official portrait of Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich for the U.S. Capitol and also the official portrait of the Governor and Senator from Georgia, Zell Miller, for the Georgia Capitol.
		CONNIE ERICKSON'S portrait of the President of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was unveiled in Washington, DC.
		THE WORLD OF PORTRAIT PAINTING is a biweekly column by John Howard Sanden, featuring reviews of exhibitions and books on portrait painting, analyses of great portraits by masters of the past, practical information for the working professional of today, and “shop talk” – tips and suggestions from one artist to another.
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	Portrait-Painting in Ancient Egypt
		If it were the portrait of a man, he covered the face, body, arms, and legs with a flat wash of dark, reddish-brown; if it were the portrait of a woman, he substituted a yellowish-buff.
		The heads are painted of life size, on thin cedar panels measuring about seventeen inches by nine inches, and varying from one-sixteenth to a quarter of an inch in thickness.
		In these portraits, and some others, the eyes [Page 110] are represented unnaturally large, and with a fixed stare, such as might be given by an artist who had never seen his subject while living, and who added the eyes from his imagination.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/edwards/pharaohs/pharaohs-3.html (10258 words)

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		It stands on its own merits as a painting with regard to the forms that create its composition and the technical strength of its execution.
		This painting fulfills the requirement of the modern style, which reflects on the surrounding, lighting, and the clothes, but still maintain the likeness of the mother and son.
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		One of the greatest difficulties in art appreciation lies in trying to perceive a painting with the eyes of a contemporary: In trying to understand just how revolutionary was the way that Cézanne applied his paint, how assaulting was the use of Matisse’s color, or just how different was the vision of the Impressionists.
		It is unsurprising that many of the paintings that have survived the passage and ravages of time from before the fifteenth century are of a religious nature: the church was involved so much in daily life and was so wealthy that it could commission artists such as Michelangelo to portray Christian iconography.
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	Portrait Society of America, Inc. - Portrait Society, Portrait Artists, Portrait Art, Portrait Painting
		The Portrait Society of America is pleased to announce the eighth annual conference to be held May 4-7, 2006 in downtown Dallas, Texas at the beautiful Hilton Anatole.
		I think the greatest result is its inspiration to the artists to reach beyond where they are and go home to their work with renewed energy to paint better than they were." This weekend is going to be an event you won't want to miss.
		Membership is open to all individuals with an interest in the art of the portrait.
	www.portraitsociety.org (535 words)

	portrait painting
		The aims are far from exclusive, and portrait paintings today will be balancing many of these aims against the fee and expectations of the client.
		Paint shadows in a mixture of Indian red and fl, highlights with stiff white, and intermediate tones with a mixture of these colors modified with a cobalt or a very little chromium oxide green.
		A little blending is acceptable but much better is to apply patches of paint with flat or filbert brushes and leave alone.
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	Elias Repin -- Master Painter From Ukraine
		He painted portraits, with a profound psychological character, of the most notable men of the Russian Empire of his day, totalling over 300 in all.
		His greatest oil painting may be Zaporozhian Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Turkish Sultan painted 1878-91 after extensive research and many travels through Ukraine and the Zaporozhian area.
		Unexpected, a painting which depicts the homecoming of an exile from Siberia, is interesting because the models used were the artist's own family.
	www.infoukes.com /culture/paintings/repin (630 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Fairfax - 02/26/2004 - Chamber of Commerce to auction original 'town portrait' painting
		The large colorful acrylic "town portrait" depicting a bird's-eye view of Annandale complete with its more distinctive buildings and landmarks surrounding the area's annual parade route will be auctioned by the Annandale Chamber of Commerce at a banquet and fund-raiser in April.
		Among the structures clearly recognizable in the painting, titled "Annandale Fall Festival Parade," are Wakefield Chapel, Annandale Chapel, Oak Hill, the Green Spring farm house and three buildings on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC).
		A painter of "town portraits" for the past 15 years, Smith always travels to the place she is about to depict before ever laying down a single brush stroke on canvas.
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	portraiture: The Evolution of Portrait Painting
		Portrait art has taken many forms; variation in styles and tastes has contributed as much to portrait art as to other modes of artistic expression.
		In Asia this religious use of the portrait was widespread until the 15th cent., when realistic Western portraiture began to influence Eastern art.
		The portrait subject was eventually revealed at full length by such masters as Holbein, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese, thereby increasing enormously the compositional possibilities.
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		These handcrafted, paintings are carefully created from your own original photographs, and authenticated by the artist.
		All kinds of subjects are appropriate for this creative treatment; family portraits, favourite landscape scenes or a loved pet picture can all provide the source material for a painting to treasure, long into the future.
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		Historical portraits of Chinese emperors of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty.
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		Portrait oil painting from your photography,reproduction of your picture on canvas oil painting,portrait or picture,reproduction from your photograph or photo, genuine hand-painted on canvas
		'''Painting''' is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support) such as pape...
		Portraits are often simple "head shots" and are not usually...
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	Portrait Painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matisse said to a subject who said her portrait didn’t look like her, “No, Madam, it is a painting.
		FLAKE is Lead—used on ground and under painting.
		THE ZING of Reverse Painting is Glazing on a dry painting
	www.mpaf.org /Library/CRISPO-Portrait.htm (550 words)

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