portraiture
noun
por·trai·ture
ˈpȯr-trə-ˌchu̇r 
-chər,
-ˌtyu̇r,
-ˌtu̇r
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Examples of portraiture in a Sentence
The museum is exhibiting portraiture from the late 19th century.
Recent Examples on the Web
And then Anna had this idea of doing them as portraitures.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
James Buchan’s Days of God, a survey of the Pahlavi years, with spectacular detail on the revolution itself, includes some deft portraiture and notes of literary grace.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
And not for nothing, Couples Therapy’s B-roll footage is some of the best portraiture of New York City ever put on TV.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 31 May 2024
The show, however, seeks to demonstrate the ways both women used portraiture to create black-and-white images that transcended the simple idea of creating a likeness.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Apr. 2024
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
James Buchan’s Days of God, a survey of the Pahlavi years, with spectacular detail on the revolution itself, includes some deft portraiture and notes of literary grace.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
And not for nothing, Couples Therapy’s B-roll footage is some of the best portraiture of New York City ever put on TV.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 31 May 2024
The show, however, seeks to demonstrate the ways both women used portraiture to create black-and-white images that transcended the simple idea of creating a likeness.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Portraiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portraiture. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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