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'''Portraiture''' is the art of making portraits. In painting a '''[[Portrait]]''' is an artistic representation of a person. The [[painter]] is aimed to represent the face and its expression, the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. Earliest painters used [[landscape|landscapes]] as background of portraits.
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'''Portraiture''' is the art of making portraits. In painting a '''[[Portrait]]''' is an artistic representation of a person or sitter. The [[painter]] is aimed to represent the face and its expression, the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. Earliest painters used [[landscape|landscapes]] as background of portraits.
    
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