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	PORTRAITURE - LoveToKnow Article on PORTRAITURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The earliest attempts at individual portraiture (see also PAINTING) are found in the eidolon and mummy-cases of the ancient Egyptians; but their painting never went beyond conventional representationmere outlines filled in with a flat tint of color.
		Although the works of the early painters of the Renaissance were mostly devoted to the expression of the dogmas of the Church, the growing love and study of nature led them, as opportunity afforded, to introduce portraits of living contemporaries into their sacred pictures.
		It is unnecessary to refer to the many uses of portraiture, but one of its chiefest has been to transmit to posterity the form and features of those who have played a part, worthy or otherwise, in the past history of our race.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PO/PORTRAITURE.htm (2794 words)

	portraiture - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about portraiture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The portrait complete in itself, commissioned as a celebration of status and for the purposes of remembrance, was produced both in Italy and the Netherlands from the 15th century, and became particularly popular in 18th-century England.
		Before the invention of photography, portable portraiture in the form of a miniature painting, often worn as jewellery, became a strong tradition in England and France.
		However, the tradition of portraiture was maintained in the 20th century by artists such as John Singer Sargent, who brilliantly depicted affluent late Victorian and Edwardian society, Augustus John, and Wiliam Orpen.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /portraiture (1355 words)

	NGA: Themes in American Art: Portraiture
		Portraiture was the most popular type of painting in America from colonial times well into the nineteenth century.
		Portraiture served a documentary purpose for early Americans that is fulfilled by the camera today.
		Portraiture in the postmodern age continues to take on new form and purpose.
	www.nga.gov /education/american/portraiture.htm (875 words)

	Portraiture - The living art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Portraiture is a form of creative photography where least constraints of apparatus are posed and yet limitless meaningful variations may be attained.
		Portraiture in the simplest term may be defined as a visual representation where an animate entity or a small recognizable group of them form the object of the image.
		There is a general consensus on portraiture bringing out a specific mood or a very deliberate lack of it in the object or at least having an object that is capable of displaying moods.
	www.geocities.com /amit_portrait (2868 words)

	MSN Encarta - Portraiture
		Introduction; Characteristics of Portraits; Assessment of Portraits; Functions of Portraiture; Portraiture in Europe and the Americas; Portraiture in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific
		The history of portraiture spans most of the history of Western art, from the art of ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations to the modern art of Europe and North America.
		Bernini's bust Scipione Borghese (1632) captured the subject in mid-conversation and is considered a benchmark of baroque portraiture both because of its lifelike depiction of the subject and because it showed the subject in action.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559633_2/Portraiture.html (1225 words)

	Search Results for portraiture - Encyclopædia Britannica
		Portraiture was practiced by the Egyptians but was comparatively rare in the ancient world until the Romans made portrait sculpture one of their major artistic achievements.
		The imperial portraiture of Tiberius and Caligula was generally precise but academic work, but some of the female court portraits reflect not only the fashions for elegant simplicity and extreme...
		“Portraitures of the Pillorying and the Whipping of Thomas Dangerfield, 2 July 1685”
	www.britannica.com /search?query=portraiture&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (405 words)

	portraiture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In Asia this religious use of the portrait was widespread until the 15th cent., when realistic Western portraiture began to influence Eastern art.
		In the 1990s a revival of interest in portraiture took place that involved many of the latter artists as well as a variety of new ones.
		Since then photographic portraiture has taken several new directions in the second half of the 20th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/portrait.html (1565 words)

	Praxiteles and Greek Portraiture in the 4th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Clearly the honorific tradition of Greek portraiture for military figures, athletes, heroes, and poets that developed slowly but steadily through the fifth century B.C. was later appropriated by wealthy fourth-century consumers, women as well as men, who recognized the power of the portrait as an expression of their participation in important civic cults.
		Thus, the combination of distant, ideal elements with naturalistic features in ruler portraiture was the visual response to a new social and religious phenomenon: the charismatic human as living god.
		As well as being the heyday of private portraiture on the Acropolis, the early Hellenistic period may also be the true date of most of the portraits of famous sixth and fifth century subjects seen there by Pausanias.
	www.ascsa.edu.gr /conferences/Dit.htm (7064 words)

	A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: PORTRAITURE
		The invention of photography marked a watershed as far as portraiture was concerned, and it is not difficult to understand why photography, from the earliest days, had such an instant appeal both in America and in Europe, particularly in this area.
		Portraiture, once only for the well-to-do, was now available to all, as a natural leveller.
		Though there are many examples of work before the invention of Collodion, it was the discovery of this process which triggered off the enormous boom in portraiture.
	www.rleggat.com /photohistory/history/portrait.htm (1300 words)

	Ask the 'ole pro' about photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bridal Portraiture is classical portraiture of the bride in her gown, usually in a studio setting but more and more outdoors or in an attractive setting adjacent to the wedding site.
		A style of portraiture in which people are photographed in such a way that a story is told about them or their life styles.
		In this type portraiture, the photographer must convey a social message, a style of dress, life style, type of work, living conditions, and socio-economic status among the many bits of information to be transmitted.
	groups.msn.com /Asktheoleproaboutphotography/portraits1.msnw (1656 words)

	portraiture -> Bibliography on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Seeing through language: Narrative, portraiture, and character in Peter Oliver's The Origin and Progress of the...
		Portraiture continues to turn heads in the art market; with the resurgence of figurative art has come the revival of portraiture--a genre whose holding power stands the test of time for both artists and collectors....
		Unmasking Pablo's Gertrude: queer desire and the subject of portraiture.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/portrait_Bibliography.asp (420 words)

	Investigating Portraiture
		As you look at portraiture, you can learn a lot about such concerns of a portrait photographer as lighting, background, and posing.
		Once you have immersed yourself in portraiture, you will begin to "see portraits" everywhere — as you walk down the street, as you stand at the bus stop, as you sit in the classroom at school.
		As you develop a flair for a certain type of portraiture, you will want to put it at the front of your portfolio as an example of not only what you can do, but also what you want to do.
	www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/communications/DL2960.html (2937 words)

	PORTRAITURE: Lively contemporary fine art portraits in painting, drawing, pastel, collage, and mixed media.
		PORTRAITURE: Lively contemporary fine art portraits in painting, drawing, pastel, collage, and mixed media.
		My inspiration for my portraiture and other figure art comes from realists like Michelangelo as well as from masters of sensuality like Gauguin, Klimt, Matisse, Degas, and Van Gogh.
		Ultimately my fine art portraiture reflects my interest in line, color, texture, composition, and expression; I have only a passing interest in recreating a likeness.
	www.byhudson.com /portrait.html (133 words)

	SDSU art exhibition challenges traditional notions of portraiture
		After photography made portraiture accessible to middle-class individuals, commercial studios continued to use settings and props that evoked the sophisticated aura of commissioned portraiture.
		In Composite Persona, the artists express resistance towards the conventions of portraiture by representing subjects who might otherwise be held on the fringes of society.
		In addition to its benevolent function of portraiture, early photography was a prime means of recording and categorizing information about the "other." Criminals, the unemployed, the mentally and physically ill, and ethnographic "types" were subjected to the camera's lens.
	advancement.sdsu.edu /marcomm/Spring97News/persona.html (975 words)

	PORTRAITURE - Online Information article about PORTRAITURE
		Church, the growing love and study of nature led them, as opportunity afforded, to introduce portraits of living contemporaries into their sacred pictures.
		Memlinc and other artists of the 15th century occasionally practised portraiture.
		French portraiture, long inflated and artificial, reached the height of pomposity in the reigns of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/PORTRAITURE.html (3184 words)

	Zuga.net Forums - Facial Analysys in Fine Portraiture
		That being the case, the rendition of the eyes is of the utmost importance in fine portraiture.
		With a longer lens, intended for portraiture this works constantly well for me. Crossed eyes and lazy lids are problems caused by weaknesses in the musculature of the eyes and the face.
		Dramatic portraits of men with angular noses do well at print competition judges but when it comes to bread and butter portraiture, the client is the ultimate judge- shoot from various angles and see what goes over well with your client- the rejects might yield a great salon print.
	www.zuga.net /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11600 (5157 words)

	Adams Photographics, Heirloom Fine Art Portraiture, Executive, & Family
		In the Studio we can create most any mood which comes to whim, Outdoors, the world is ours, we have countless locations which allow for a huge variety of settings, moods and emotions to be expressed within your portrait.
		Our images preserve fleeting moments in the lives of those most precious, they become the focal point of the room they inhabit, and go up in value as the years pass, they don't end up in a drawer or shoe box.
		When you receive your Finished Authentic Jeffrey Blake Adams Signature Portraiture, it is a true vision of you and your family at its best, complete and ready to savor for future generations.
	www.adamsimages.com /hti/portraiture.html (921 words)

	Lifestyle Portraiture
		candid lifestyle portraiture portrays you as the person that your friends and family know and love.
		A photograph is a vestige of a face, a face in transit.
		Tom Gallione is a Philadelphia based photographer that specializes in fine art lifestyle portraiture.
	www.lifestyle-portraiture.com (165 words)

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		For most artists, portraiture involves the transfer of image from life to canvas.
		In creative portraiture, we use a person's image as a guide for our work.
		As Jean Gulle, perhaps the greatest creative portraturist of the later half of the 20th century once said: "Your image is the starting point, but it is your life that guides my hand.
	research.microsoft.com /~brill/Port.html (392 words)

	Portrait Photography
		I'm reasonably happy with some of the portraits I took on my trip to Alaska and back because I had 3.5 months in which to be alone and learn to appreciate the value of a stranger's company and conversation.
		And to Gerry Siegel, I envy you your 20/20 vision, but when it begins to fail you so that you can't clearly see the image in the viewfinder as quickly as you used to, you'll think that AF is a Godsend and realize that it IS a necessity, because without it you'll lose shots.
		In portraiture or candid people photography, time taken to frame and focus, if more than an instant, is the killer of the first, honest expression, the natural smile and the subject's patience.
	www.photo.net /portraits/intro (9988 words)

	John Birchard Photography - Specializing in Mendocino County, stock and wedding photography
		Portraiture sessions can be scheduled for either studio, location, or both.
		I have been photographing professionally on the Mendocino Coast for over 10 years, and always enjoy finding the perfect place to photograph my clients.
		I still shoot a lot of film, and offer both 35mm and medium format film portraiture as well.
	birchardphoto.com /portraiture (190 words)

	Photography: Documentary Portraiture with Tom Chambers
		Documentary Portraiture -- To make a documentary portrait of an individual that has impact is not as easy as some people might think.
		Putting exposure aside, since I'm mainly interested in helping you capture a portrait that has impact, let's take a look at four images from my 'Dyer Street Portraiture' series: These images would probably fit the 'street shot' category, but they are staged in the sense that the subjects are posed in relation to their surroundings.
		A 20mm lens (extreme wide angle) is used to 'condense' the view, and show the backdrop/background.
	www.artbabyart.com /tom_chambers.htm (594 words)

	Soft Focus Portraiture with The GIMP
		I'm sure you've seen examples of "soft focus" portraiture, often used by photographers to lend a soft, slightly hazy, "dreamy" feel to a photograph.
		The midtones are sometimes keyed up a bit also, giving a sort of glow to the faces of the subjects.
		The basic technique is to create a duplicate layer in the image, lighten it and blur it, and combine it using a layer mode with the original.
	gimpguru.org /Tutorials/SoftPortrait (1259 words)

	shutterbug: Formal Bridal Portraiture
		Fine portraiture has been around for a gazillion years.
		What a lot of photographers don’t realize is that formal portraiture doesn’t have to be made in the studio.
		The thing to remember is that each and every bride and groom are entitled to nice portraits of themselves, regardless of what they think about formal portraiture.
	www.shutterbug.net /features/0404sb_formal (2141 words)

	AllRefer.com - portraiture (Art, General) - Encyclopedia
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		portraiture, the art of representing the physical or psychological likeness of a real or imaginary individual.
		The principal portrait media are painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/portrait.html (174 words)

	Shoreline Portraiture by Elisabeth
		Shoreline Portraiture by Elisabeth turns your memorable times on the Forgotten Coast into portraits you’ll treasure.
		Elisabeth’s portraits are more than keepsake photographs of you and your loved ones.
		They’re works of art you’ll want to display in your home for years to come.
	www.shorelineportrait.com (44 words)

	On Location Portraiture - Fine Portrait Photography
		On Location Portraiture serves Garland, Richardson, Sachse, Plano, Rowlett, Rockwall, and the North Dallas area with fine photography of families, children, high school seniors, weddings, models, and actors.
		Our goal is to provide unique and exciting portraiture both on location and in the studio at affordable prices.
		About OLP is a page written by the photographer, Jim Herndon.
	www.onlocationportraiture.com (258 words)

	MOBA : The Portraiture Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Portraiture can tell as much about the artist as about the subject painted on the canvas.
		Like when putting eyes, ears, and other sensory organs in their proper place can be impacted by the artist's complicated relationship with a family pet, or the interplay betwixt Sharpie
		Artists who make it into the MOBA portraiture collection are oft visited by a unique, possibly extraterrestrial muse.
	www.museumofbadart.org /collection/portraiture.html (103 words)

	Portraiture
		A set of sample prints on CDROM is INCLUDED in the price, from which any seleted picture or pictures, may be chosen for enlargement purposes.
		The inclusive price for a basic portraiture sitting, with one set of up to 12 sample prints is just £48.50 A portrait session will generally last from 30 minutes up to one hour in duration.
		If you would like a longer session, with maybe a costume change or a more complex background alteration required, please contact us for a quotation.
	www.hampshire-shops.co.uk /sites/mdo/html/portraiture.html (228 words)

	Amazon.com: Professional Portraiture: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I was truly surprised and impressed when I picked up this book, not expecting much initially with so many guides to portraiture available in book and magazine form, let alone all the free resources on the Internet.
		Unlike many other portraiture books, there is little formal studio photography here...the emphasis is on outdoor and environmental portraiture.
		The pose, the light, the background, the look, the film, the camera are all important aspects in portraiture but it does not play a major role in the book.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1883403804?v=glance (1537 words)

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