| It was in the Renaissance that personal portraiture first became an art form in its own right. |
| It's a residue of ideological values and history, which renders these 10 object essays on social dynamics, context, still life and portraiture. |
| It is an uncommonly fine piece of official portraiture, pleasing in its lack of eloquence. |
| In the standard Western division of genres, mimetic resemblance is the first criterion of portraiture. |
| As so much of their art, rooted in portraiture, stems from their personal relationships, this is hardly surprising. |
| He had created a portrait that was in effect a whole treatise about portraiture as an art. |
