the purpose and use of a portrait
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The purpose and use of a portrait
By Sophie Oliver and Chantelle Jacquet
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What a portrait is
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
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General information about portraits
Portraits first appeared in 1500. They where first of rich and famous people or people with a high status. Poor people did not commission portraits because they had no need to have them and nothing to show off about, they was not in a high enough status for a portrait.
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History of portraits
In 1400-1600 ordinary wealthy people started to have portraits done. Click the URL for a timeline for portraits.
http://www.museumnetworkuk.org/portraits/timeline/timeline.html
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1500-1700
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1700-1800
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1800-1900
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1900-present
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1837 – permanent photographic process is discovered, recording exactly what a person looked like and was much cheaper than a paining. Painting took a skills and a lot of time. Photos can capture moments easily than a painting.