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Facing the facts of Renaissance portraiture - The Australian

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Facing the facts of Renaissance portraiture
The Australian
Renaissance portraiture is the subject of what is clearly one of the great international exhibitions of the past couple of years, and one that I am particularly sorry not to be able to able to review properly in these pages: The Renaissance Portrait: ...
LEONARDO DA VINCI: PAINTER AT THE COURT OF MILANCulturekiosque

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Jason Schmidt: On the Importance of Space in Portraiture - Photo District News

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Jason Schmidt: On the Importance of Space in Portraiture
Photo District News
By Holly Stuart Hughes As part of PDN's Portrait Issue, we set out to define what environmental portraiture means today by interviewing four photographers who enjoy photographing their subjects in their own surroundings. What we discovered is that ...

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Eric Ogden: Environmental Portraiture That Tells a Story - Photo District News

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Eric Ogden: Environmental Portraiture That Tells a Story
Photo District News
A lot has happened to portraiture since Arnold Newman, master of the environmental portrait, photographed Igor Stravinsky behind the lid of a grand piano or directed Robert Moses to balance on a girder beside New York City's East River.

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Annie Leibovitz's nearly portrait-free exhibit - Washington Post

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Annie Leibovitz's nearly portrait-free exhibit
Washington Post
A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art veers away from portraiture, Leibovitz's preferred genre. The exhibit, open through May 20, is a collection of photos from a trip she made during an emotional and spiritual crisis she was going ...
Annie Leibovitz's Personless Photography At The Smithsonian (PHOTOS, VIDEO)Huffington Post

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Connellsville native honored for watercolor portraiture - Connellsville Daily Courier

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Connellsville native honored for watercolor portraiture
Connellsville Daily Courier
Allen applies her talent and life-long passion for painting to watercolor portraiture. She specializes in children, siblings, families, brides and the lady of the house. The award-winning portrait is of a close friend, Elizabeth Kim. It is titled "Lin.

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Why the Renaissance Model of Portraiture Endures - Big Think (blog)

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Why the Renaissance Model of Portraiture Endures
Big Think (blog)
Since the Renaissance, portraiture continues to be more about conveying character than fidelity of representation. The Renaissance portrait endures today because portraits continue to be more about identities than about appearances.

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'Making Faces' Explodes History Of Portraiture At Opera Gallery (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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'Making Faces' Explodes History Of Portraiture At Opera Gallery (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
The Opera Gallery's monstrous new exhibition 'Making Faces' includes a global glance at portraiture in all its glory, from classical renditions to avant-garde explorations. Judith Supine collages a surrealist scrapheap that seems to glow from within ...

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Introducing Hawaii's people - Maui News

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Introducing Hawaii's people
Maui News
Portraiture, which has its earliest documented forms in ancient Egypt, isn't always about re-creating the physical likeness of a person. For the Challenge, jurors look for confidence in the fine art technique, the artist's ability to convey a likeness ...

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Humble Dame Elisabeth still larger than life at 103 - Geelong Advertiser

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Geelong Advertiser
Humble Dame Elisabeth still larger than life at 103
Geelong Advertiser
The super-sized canvas, measuring 2.2m by 1.8m, will be entered in next month's prestigious Archibald Prize, the nation's top portraiture award. The work was completed in time for the Murdoch family matriarch's 103rd birthday, tomorrow.

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Etch-a-Sketch art - clusterflock

Monday 6th of February 2012 11:40:17 PM
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Etch-a-Sketch art
clusterflock
Portraiture on the Etch-a-Sketch by Gila Rayberg for Julia Kay's Portrait Party at Flickr. Kelsey Parker: I love the slightly asymmetrical look of this piece. It's dazzling. Marco: Speaking of borrowing… Compare: 1) Budweiser thing for this weekend's ...

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