单词 | auto-portrait |
释义 | auto-portraitn. A self-portrait. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > self-portrait self-portraiture1613 self-portrait1822 auto-portrait1825 1825 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Aug. 181/2 In addition to this general collection, there is an equally numerous one of the auto-portraits of painters. 1898 M. H. Spielmann Millais & his Wks. iv. 46 The auto-portraits of the great masters of the world. 1907 Internat. Studio Sept. 247/2 A vigorous auto-portrait. 1928 Observer 15 Jan. 10 It is scarcely credible that the ill-constructed head of Mrs. Smith..and many another portrait come from the brush that shows such authority in the auto-portrait. 1994 G. Lambton Stealing the Show i. 23 One of Ferron's new works..was a witty Auto-portrait with an enormous, twisted, totem-type head. Derivatives autoˈportraiture n. [ < auto- comb. form1 + portraiture n., after auto-portrait n.] the action of making an auto-portrait; this as a genre; cf. self-portraiture n. 2. ΚΠ 1831 Christian Remembrancer Mar. 174 There is no other source from which we may derive so notable a sample of auto-portraiture. 1905 C. S. Terry J. Graham of Claverhouse ix. 156 What follows is vivid in its auto-portraiture. 1995 Arena Dec. 82/2 A new phase in Quinn's career in autoportraiture in different media. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1825 |
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