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[[Image:Goya Self Portrait.gif|right|Goya]] | [[Image:Goya Self Portrait.gif|right|Goya]] | ||
| − | 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. | + | 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. |
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| + | [[Albrecht Dürer]]'s made many self-portraits; the most celebrated is the one painted when he was 29 and was renowned throughout Europe. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
[[Image:R Selfportrait.jpg|right]] | [[Image:R Selfportrait.jpg|right]] | ||
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*[[Rembrandt]] | *[[Rembrandt]] | ||
*[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] | *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Monet.jpg|thumb|Claude Monet by Pierre-Auguste Renoir]] | |
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/portraits/ Dürer, Albrecht: Portraits] | *[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/portraits/ Dürer, Albrecht: Portraits] | ||
*[http://www.npg.si.edu/ National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution] | *[http://www.npg.si.edu/ National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution] | ||
Revision as of 19:45, May 8, 2008
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.
Albrecht Dürer's made many self-portraits; the most celebrated is the one painted when he was 29 and was renowned throughout Europe.
See also
