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Also known as portraiture, portrait art

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photo

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A portrait is an artistic work—such as a painting, photograph, or sculpture—that represents a person with emphasis on their face, though it may also include their body depending on what best captures their personality and mood. Portraits matter because they are intentionally composed to display not just a person's likeness, but also their character and emotional state, making them more meaningful than casual snapshots.

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William Withering's portrait.ReviewQJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2019Littler WADOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy135
"Editor-in-relief".FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2021Pederson TDOI: 10.1096/fj.202002736
Rembrandt's self-portrait.Lancet (London, England) · 1998Zlotnick ADOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70337-8
Mozart--portrait and myth.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2006Jenkins JDOI: 10.1177/014107680609900614
Portrait professional.Journal of visual communication in medicine · 2011Vernon TDOI: 10.3109/17453054.2011.635295
Disease Sites.Hematology/oncology clinics of North America · 2020Chandra RA, Kachnic LA, Thomas CR JrDOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2019.09.011
My self-portrait.Clinical rheumatology · 2001Khan MADOI: 10.1007/pl00011182
The Precision Portrait.AMA journal of ethics · 2018Rodriguez S, Love NDOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2018.891

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Artsy gene: portrait
Commons category: Portraits
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Prehistorical portraiture
Historical portraiture
Self-portraiture
Official portraits
Portrait photography
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A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4.

== History == === Prehistorical portraiture ===

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