as in portrait
a vivid representation in words of someone or something
the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century
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Recent Examples of portraiture
Mattea’s expertise in photography, particularly in studio portraiture, is remarkable.
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Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Capturing these images is portraiture’s equivalent of the 100-meter dash.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Born in 1929 in Ghana, Barnor’s decades-long career crossed studio portraiture, photojournalism, and lifestyle photography.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
De Heem and Luis Meléndez, portraiture by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Frans Hals, and a landscape by Francesco Guardi.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Capturing these images is portraiture’s equivalent of the 100-meter dash.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
Born in 1929 in Ghana, Barnor’s decades-long career crossed studio portraiture, photojournalism, and lifestyle photography.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
De Heem and Luis Meléndez, portraiture by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Frans Hals, and a landscape by Francesco Guardi.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for portraiture
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In this slice-of-life portrait, Chen shows how childhood experiences can shape someone, illustrating how a childhood passion might expand their horizons without necessarily becoming a lifelong vocation.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2025
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Williams stays mostly away from that famously morphing portrait, a memorably chilling piece of the 1945 movie, as in all the various other dramatic adaptations over the years for stage and screen.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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There, the friends are plunged into a hell that defies description in its mix of aseptic rationality and normalized violence.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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In 2016, the FBI put out a request for any information or sightings of similar cars matching that description.—
Dianne Gallagher,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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The film’s portrayal of the right-wing politics, especially around 2002 Gujarat riots, led to controversies.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Her portrayal of Claire Underwood in the Netflix series won her a Golden Globe and multiple Emmy Award noms.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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Their relatively young ages and social differences contribute to their doomed romance, but Brontë’s novel is more often defined by its depiction of cruelty and morality within the rigid English class system.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2025
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One of the most fascinating parts of the depiction of the trio is how both history and insecurity shape our friendships, and both Laurie and Jaclyn’s feelings are partly born of their own inner demons.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Portraiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portraiture. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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