portraiture

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Martins' work triumphed in the Portraiture category of the Professional competition.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

“Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue” spotlights the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, which led to Nixon’s resignation two years later.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2022

Portraiture is one of the myriad ways people document life.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2021

In his book Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture, Eric R. Varner confirms that a number of images of Caligula that were warehoused “in secure locations” are “astonishingly well-preserved.”

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2021

He carried all three portraits to the front counter and was about to stamp his embossed gold Hofacket’s Fine Portraiture seal on the lower left corner of each one when Granddaddy stopped him.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly