#portraiture

2 articles tagged with "portraiture"

How to Read a Portrait: Expression, Gaze, and What Hands Say
Art Appreciation
·9 min read

How to Read a Portrait: Expression, Gaze, and What Hands Say

Learn how to read a portrait deeply by analysing gaze, expression, hands, posture, and setting. From Rembrandt and Holbein to Sargent and contemporary practice, discover how portraitists encode character, status, and psychology into a single image.

Portrait Photography as Art: From Studio Formality to Raw Intimacy
Photography
·8 min read

Portrait Photography as Art: From Studio Formality to Raw Intimacy

Trace the history of portrait photography from Julia Margaret Cameron's Victorian soft-focus studies and Nadar's celebrity portraits to Richard Avedon's confrontational images and contemporary practice. Learn how portrait photographers create psychological depth in a single frame.