portraiture
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Some depict queerness directly, showing men under a queer gaze and gay couples holding hands, while others uphold the tone of queerness in classic portraiture.
From Los Angeles Times
Whatever the scene, however, the people are rendered with authority and precision of a kind usually reserved for portraiture.
From Los Angeles Times
Alongside the portraiture, there's now a new commission by Nils Norman that reflects the birth of protest from that time.
From BBC
That tension led him to embark on his own journey into oil and portraiture, which led to paintings of his creative community, including Tyler, the Creator, and Earl Sweatshirt.
From Los Angeles Times
Silhouettes were a cheaper, more accessible form of portraiture.
From New York Times
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