portraiture

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Anita Kunz is known for her witty portraitures that use strong visual metaphors to tackle heavy subject matters.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2020

In looking for these Mr. Browning has of course encountered a vast number of deep discriminations and powerful touches of portraitures.

From Views and Reviews by James, Henry

Both have the power of portraitures, extraordinary for vividness and strength.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

What awful pérspective! while from our sight With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide Their portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light.

From A Short Account of King's College Chapel by Littlechild, Walter Poole

After a cool thousand or so of these individual portraitures, you may begin to fumble in vain for separate identities.

From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William