What is another word for portrait?

Pronunciation: [pˈɔːtɹe͡ɪt] (IPA)

Portrait is a word commonly used in the art world to describe a portrait of a person. However, there are many synonyms for the word that can be used to describe a likeness of someone, such as "picture", "painting", "drawing", "sketch", "image", "photograph", " likeness ", "representation", "depiction", "rendering", "picture", and "bust". Each of these synonyms can be used to describe a portrait in various mediums, such as canvas, paper, or film. Whether it's a classic painting, a modern photograph, or a digital image, there are many ways to create a beautiful and accurate portrait of a person.

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Usage examples for Portrait

It is a portrait of the beautiful Mrs. Richard Maule in the character of a Greek nymph.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"H'm," he said, "rather a fancy portrait that!
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
I'm going to make a portrait of you just as you are-some day.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine

Famous quotes with Portrait

  • The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective.
    Berenice Abbott
  • Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
    Pedro Almodovar
  • I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone.
    Rene Auberjonois
  • It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.
    Max Beerbohm
  • Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
    Samuel Butler

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