Portraiture
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Portraiture is the process of painting, sculpting or photographing a portrait. The term is also used to describe the final result from the creative process.
Portraiture is a way of recording people. Their personality, character, status, the place and time they lived, the environment in which they live or simply showing beauty. Artists over the years have created many portraits to express their feelings about themselves in self-portraits or other people they don't know. Creating a self-portrait can be one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences. It allows the artist to express themselves in a realistic or idealistic way. Even if we do not know the person in the portrait there are many clues or codes in the form of colours, objects, and symbols within the work that gives us an idea of what the artist was trying to communicate to the audience. Some clues are obvious and some are a little more obscure.
Examples of these things, for the art impaired, will be forthcoming.
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