Synonyms for portraiture
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pawr-tri-cher, pohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr trɪ tʃər, ˈpoʊr- |
Top 10 synonyms for portraiture
- ABCs
- blow by blow
- brief
- chronicle
- declaration
- delineation
- explication
- fingerprint
- image
- information
- likeness
- make
- model
- monograph
- narration
- narrative
- outline
- painting
- photograph
- picture
- portraiture
- portrayal
- presentment
- profile
- recital
- recitation
- record
- recountal
- rehearsal
- report
- representation
- rundown
- silhouette
- simulacrum
- sketch
- snapshot
- specification
- spitting image
- statement
- story
- summarization
- summary
- tale
- version
- vignette
- writeup
- yarn
Définition of portraiture
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French portraiture "portrait, image, portrayal, resemblance" (12c.), from portrait (see portrait).
- As in portrait : noun drawn representation; description
- As in depiction : noun description, rendering
- As in description : noun account in speech, writing
- In portraiture, in scenery, in costume, he is simplicity itself.
- Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
- That was the end of portraiture in England until a new school arose.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
- He was recognised as being, in a certain style of portraiture, second to Lawrence only.
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- Vandyke, Reynolds, Titian—he deemed these the great triumvirate of portraiture.
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- And so I think it rather safer to leave the portraiture to the imagination of my readers.
- Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson
- And then, ideal sculpture may go on safely into portraiture.
- Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
- In every other point it is an accurate piece of portraiture.
- Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
- The emotions are given; the portraiture is left to be filled in by the imagination.
- Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
- The portraiture is perfect in character, sentiment, and feature.
- Extract from : « The Marble Faun, Volume I. » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- There never was necessity for accuracy of line in the portraiture of women.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Comedians, Complete » by George Meredith
Antonyms for portraiture
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