portraiture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The art or practice of making portraits in painting or photography.

   She studied portraiture before specializing in landscape painting.

2. 2
   noun

   A vivid description of a person's appearance and character in words.

   The novel offers a sharp portraiture of small-town life.

From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

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