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A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. 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, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. Some of the earliest portraits of people who were not kings or emperors, are the funeral portraits that survived in the dry climate of Egypt's Fayum district. These are the only paintings of the Roman period that have survived, aside from frescos. The art of the portrait flourished in Roman sculptures, where sitters demanded realistic portraits, even unflattering ones. During the 4th century, the portrait began to retreat in favor of an idealized symbol of what that person looked like. (Compare the portraits of Roman Emperors Constantine I and Theodosius I at their entries.) In Europe true portraits of the outward appearance of individuals re-emerged in the late Middle Ages, in Burgundy and France. Moche culture of Peru was one of the few ancient civilizations which produced portraits. These works accurately represent anatomical features in great detail. The individuals portrayed would have been recognizable without the need for other symbols or a written reference to their names. The individuals portrayed were members of the ruling elite, priests, warriors and even distinguished artisans. They were represented during several stages of their lives. The faces of gods were also depicted. To date, no portraits of women have been found. There is particular emphasis on the representation of the details of headdresses, hairstyles, body adornment and face painting. One of the best-known portraits in the Western world is Leonardo da Vinci's painting titled Mona Lisa, which is a painting of an unidentified woman. The world's oldest known portrait was found in 2006 in the Vilhonneur grotto near Angoulême and is thought to be 27,000 years old. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What do people usually wear for family portraits? Q. My husband and I are taking our son for his first professional portraits he is 3 months and I was wondering what should he wear? He's our first so I'm to familiar with this. We are also going to have a family portrait done too. I was thinking either beige pants or jeans and either white or black shirts/sweaters. Any advice on what would look best. Also for our sons pics I want a nude one of his cute little butt, is that weird or do most people do that too? Asked by Brianna - Fri Oct 2 20:41:13 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. A lot of people do portaits w/ the baby's bare bottom. We just had our first family portrait at the end of August (my daughter was 2 months). Dad wore a blue button down and my baby girl and I were in pink. The potraits by herself she was stripped down to her diapers and we had gauze all around her, so she looks like a little angel... Answered by Me! - Fri Oct 2 20:47:58 2009 Where can i find an Artist that does Pet Portraits? Q. I want to get my bosses custom portraits of their dogs (Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Charcoals, etc) for Christmas. Where can i find someone who does these for the public and isnt horribly expensive? Thanks :) Hey bobbie; my mother takes care of all the legal stuff, but I handle the dogs and take care of the whelps, not her. So thanks for that. And a 17 year old can hold a job, why cant I pay for a portrait? You need a head check. Asked by Show Breeders Sell Better Pups - Mon Oct 19 16:09:43 2009 - - 6 Answers - 1 Comments A. these are examples of some of my work; I paint in acrylic on various wooden items and on ceramic tiles. My work is generally under $50 each, depending ion what the subject is and what it's painted on. E Mail me if interested! Answered by BYBs Sell MUTANT Pups!! - Mon Oct 19 18:03:58 2009 How would I get signatures from paper onto the yearbook pages to put underneath the senior portraits?
Q. I'm on the yearbook team for high school this year and my job is to get the signatures from all of the seniors that are graduating, scan them in, and get them on the pages under their senior portraits. We've never done this before but I've seen it, so I know it's possible. What kind of paper would I use? What kind of template? How do I photoshop everything else out? What is the best and most time efficient way to do this? Thank you! Asked by Christina - Wed Sep 17 18:05:22 2008 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments A. What will you need to photoshop out? When we did ours, we had each senior sign on their own index card. Wait, this was kind of time consuming, and I don't know when your deadline is. It was the easiest way we could figure to do it. Anyway, we just had to scan each card in and saved them all as a jpg image, then added it onto the pages by "inserting an image" underneath the corresponding senior pic. But we were using Adobe InDesign. What program do you use? Answered by penguinchic1232 - Wed Sep 17 21:43:44 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Portraits" See also:
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