portrait
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As "the symbol of one's personality" voice is subject to "publicity rights" and "rights to prevent unauthorised use of one's portrait and likeness", the ministry said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Primetime” presents itself as a story about Hansen’s callous quest for ratings and notoriety at the expense of his tact, but the portrait is unfinished.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
A visit to Saint-Tropez occasions a portrait of a “sleepy little fishing village” in the years before Coco Chanel and Pablo Picasso arrived on the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Unlike the many delicate original artifacts elsewhere in the exhibition, this one was made to let visitors get close and take home their own slightly unsettling family portrait.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Now, hundreds of years later, her portrait is powerful enough to lure men to their deaths.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
There are thousands of masterpiece portraits whose subjects remain unidentified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The portraits are placed under an elaborate, illusionistic ceiling topped with a trompe l’oeil oculus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
From there, he rose through the ranks of the company, taking charge of an office where his portraits and keenly observed caricatures of colleagues were prominently displayed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Our coverage includes a daily newsletter as well as portraits and video interviews from the Los Angeles Times Studio at RBC House.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I’m not nearly as good with human portraits.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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