Portraiture in Renaissance and Baroque Europe The resurgence of portraiture was thus a significant manifestation of the Renaissance in Europe The earliest Renaissance portraits were not paintings in their own right, but rather important inclusions in pictures of Christian subjects
Portrait Painting in England, 1600–1800 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Portraiture has played a dominant role in England since the Renaissance, when the arts declaimed the legitimacy of the Tudor dynasty, while the Protestant Reformation effected a drastic decline in commissions for religious images A relatively stable monarchy in concert with a powerful landed aristocracy provided continuity and patronage
Featured Publication: - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Written by a team of international scholars, The Renaissance Portrait provides new insight into the early history of portraiture in Italy, examining in detail how its major art centers—Florence, the princely courts, and Venice—saw the rapid development of portraiture as closely linked to Renaissance society and politics, ideals of the individual, and concepts of beauty
What Makes a Portrait? - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Portraiture is about expressing the concept of a person Sometimes a portrait might be the absence of a person, focusing instead on their belongings or environment No matter what the subject, the positioning, facial expressions, composition, and lighting are just a few things that will affect the outcome of the photograph
Roman Portrait Sculpture: The Stylistic Cycle The development of Roman portraiture is characterized by a stylistic cycle that alternately emphasized realistic or idealizing elements Each stage of Roman portraiture can be described as alternately “veristic” or “classicizing,” as each imperial dynasty sought to emphasize certain aspects of representation in an effort to legitimize their authority or align themselves with revered
The Power of Portraiture: Selections from the Department of Drawings . . . Featuring a dazzling selection of prints and drawings ranging in date from the early seventeenth century to the present and including several new acquisitions, the current installation explores themes of artistic lineage and homage with a primary focus on portraiture
A Face Is Worth 1,000 Words - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Portraiture goes far beyond capturing a likeness This intimate genre sheds light on the identity of both the sitter and the artist A portrait’s details can reveal the subject’s and maker’s politics, relationships, aspirations, and insecurities Carefully selecting which version of your likeness to present to the public may seem like a digital phenomenon, but as these texts show, humans
How to Read Portraits - The Metropolitan Museum of Art What do Taylor Swift and Vincent van Gogh have in common? According to art historian Kathryn Calley Galitz’s new book, How to Read Portraits, they are both masters of controlling their image through portraiture Her reexamination of a deceptively familiar genre explores what portraits can tell us about the artist, the sitter, and ourselves I spoke to Kathy about this publication—the
Roman Portrait Sculpture: Republican through Constantinian Roman portraiture is unique in comparison to that of other ancient cultures because of the quantity of surviving examples, as well as the complex and ever-evolving stylistic treatment of human features and character