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Recent Examples of portraiture The show underlines the importance of portraiture to these artists who bucked trends by staying committed to the human form. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 30 May 2025 Ignoring the conventions of academic portraiture, a genre associated with pale men standing in front of burgundy drapes, Sherald liberated America’s first lady from the fusty, cigar-brown rooms of the past. Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 15 May 2025 This is the first major exhibition of Hollywood studio portraiture to be showcased from the Museum Department of Film’s film stills archive since 1993. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 May 2025 These pictures can have the feel of both formal portraiture and, because of their accuracy, scientific drawings documenting local animal species. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for portraiture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for portraiture
Noun
  • Highlighting the brand’s first Aqua Terra timepiece in 30mm, the campaign features portraits of Ariana DeBose, Ashley Graham, Tems, Danielle Marsha, Marisa Abela and Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, the eldest daughter of Nicole Kidman and country singer Keith Urban.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
  • The first one featured a portrait of President Harry Truman as man of the year for his decision to bomb Japan.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • The legislation lists a variety of records that must be turned over if requested, including contracts, grants, job descriptions, employee training materials, budgets and audits.
    Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
  • Communities in parts of the East Side of Kansas City, North Kansas City and other smaller urban cities across the metro fit this description, Pierson, Jr. said.
    Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • These portrayals took on new weight and context with the passage of the Hollywood Production Code.
    Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
  • This portrayal caused a significant backlash from some viewers at the time.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • From his first girlfriend, living in his London apartment with his Jamaican parents, to moments at the house of ill fame and the tribulations of being a Bronx landlord, observers are offered a realistic depiction of Slick Rick’s journey to legend.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • It was made to provide a true depiction of what was happening at the time.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 June 2025

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“Portraiture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/portraiture. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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