Definition of "portraiture" [por•trai•ture]

• The art or practice of making portraits. (noun)
• A portrait. (noun)
• Portraits considered as a group. (noun)

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• "This portraiture is accomplished with remarkable skill, the traits both individual and national being marked with great nicety without obtrusiveness."
• "Author Harry Berger Jr. explains why portraiture is almost inherently ridiculous, along the way providing insights on European wars, the Haarlem military, and how the Reformation resulted in an atomic family structure which, in turn created feminism as we know it (!)."
• "In this list, de Massoul differentiates between oil colors used in portraiture and those in landscape, with lists of appropriate colors for each. reference This was a common distinction, and one with a practical origin, as manipulating the flesh tones of portraiture and manipulating those to recreate verdure had different chemical properties and different visual constraints."