The action or art of painting a portrait; portraiture. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting (40) portrait1589 The action or art of painting a portrait; portraiture. Now rare. picture-drawing1625 The art or process of drawing or painting pictures, esp. (in the 17th and 18th centuries) portraits. vandyking1633 ? The drawing or sketching of portraits. Obsolete. rare. portrait painting1713 (a) n. the action of painting portraits (literal and figurative); (b) adj. (in form portrait-painting) designating a person who paints portraits. Subcategories:— specific kind (2) — a portrait (28) — sitting (2) — portrait-painter (4) |
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