Portraits Sentence Examples

It is a wonderful exhibition of portraits, they say.

Rhyn took in the small marble statues and portraits of wealthy Venetians on the walls.

The golden bull of that emperor, which became thenceforth the charter of its foundation, is still preserved; it is one of the finest specimens of such documents, and contains portraits of Alexius himself and his queen.

It contains some fine tapestry and portraits, and the Lee Pennyfamiliar to readers of Sir Walter Scott's Talisman-which was brought from Palestine in the 14th century by the Crusading knight, Sir Simon Lockhart.

The museum includes 3300 books, many being of the 15th and 16th centuries, a department of engravings, a Virginia Room with portraits and relics, some tapestries, an excellent collection of casts and valuable American archaeological specimens.

They display, in a rather irregular style and with some oddities of dialect and phrase, extraordinary narrative skill and a high degree of ability in that special art of the 17th century - the drawing of verbal portraits or characters.

Cave introduced the practice of giving engravings, maps and portraits, but his greatest success was the addition of Samuel Johnson to the regular staff.

She sat down at her writing table, on which stood miniature portraits and which was littered with books and papers.

The best sensual portraits combine emotion and imagination.

You said you felt what I felt, and you're sitting here drawing portraits of me.

It contains, besides a fine library, a collection of the presents he received during his long career; numerous autographs, and other historical relics, a collection of rare coins, armour, portraits and various minerals.

Some of his early Mantuan works are in that apartment of the Castello which is termed the Camera degli Sposi - full compositions in fresco, including various portraits of the Gonzaga family, and some figures of genii, &c. In 1488 he went to Rome at the request of Pope Innocent VIII., to paint the frescoes in the chapel of the Belvedere in the Vatican; the marquis of Mantua (Federigo) created him a cavaliere before his departure.

In most high schools, senior portraits are an important tradition as students prepare for graduation day.

Forests, rivers, parks, and lakes are good choices for shooting outdoor portraits, but you want to make sure your background doesn't upstage your photo subject.

Photographing sensual portraits can be a challenge given the intimate nature of the subject matter.

Sensual portraits don't always have to be overtly sexy or indiscreet.

Natural light, from the sun or from windows, is a great source of lighting for newborn portraits.

All it takes is some basic geometry lessons and a couple other tricks, and you'll have the best family portraits on the block.

Self portraits can be full-length, three-quarter length or close-up.

Professional photographers have long relied on lighting and camera angles to take the most flattering portraits of their clients.

A tripod is absolutely indispensable when it comes to self portraits.

Family portraits are one of the best vehicles in which to push the envelope with experimental poses.

Another way to avoid taking stereotypical family portraits is to create natural frames.

This light is perfect for shooting portraits of people, as it softens facial features and makes them appear more attractive.

With the exception of highly stylized art images, most photographers who shoot artistic portraits would rather have lifelike positions and expressions over the calculated look of overly posed subjects.

However, thanks to resources like the Internet, amateur photography communities and good old creativity, it's a snap to produce exciting portraits for the holiday season to share with friends and family.

For holiday images that appeal to the masses, consider portraits of infants and children that make your little ones the stars of the show.

Your choice of Christmas photography backdrops could make the difference between mediocre holiday portraits and stunning holiday memories.

Christmas portraits are a yearly tradition for some families, so adding new backdrops adds interest to these classic images and creates more unique memories which will be treasured for years to come.

For Christmas portraits, these backdrops can be found in solid colors such as red, green and white or in patterns with holiday themes.

Draped backgrounds are excellent for large portraits and are easier to tote around than other types of professional backdrops.

If you are shooting your Christmas portraits at home, selecting Christmas photo backdrops may be no more difficult than a trip to the living room.

Your home can provide backdrops that are more personal than those found at studio portraits, since they incorporate your personal belongings and space.

If you have access to a fireplace, a trimmed mantlepiece makes a great backdrop for Christmas portraits.

To capture posed portraits and shots of children, a high-end SLR with optical stabilization features and center point autofocus will render crisp, clear images.

There are several tips that can help you capture pleasing portraits of your favorite glamour figure photo model.

These albums are ideal for scrapbooking formal 8x10 portraits.

The selection of available classes includes "The Fundamentals of Composition," "The Art of Seeing," "Photographing Children," and "Portraits Unplugged."

Senior portraits are an important mark both the end of your high school years and the beginning of a new adult journey.

While you can certainly use an individual photographer, particularly if you or your family knows someone in the field, many seniors choose to get their portraits from a studio.

Your senior portraits are important; you should feel great about the photography session and the resulting photos.

Your pictures should reflect your uniqueness, and you may want to opt for a studio that allows you to express yourself fully in your portraits.

For senior portraits, most studios are willing to allow for four clothing changes, but the number may be more or less depending on the studio or photographer.

Since your senior portraits are taken once in a lifetime, you want to look your best.

There's nothing wrong with visiting a salon or spa to prepare your skin for your senior portraits.

Your car, truck, or motorcycle if studio allows for outdoor portraits.

FanFiction.net is one of the largest spots for posting and reading fan fiction and deviantART is a popular spot for fan art, from portraits to comics.

Consider using framed wedding portraits of your relatives throughout your reception area as a simple decorative element.

Instead, consider giving the couple a gift certificate to their wedding photographer's studio to help them purchase portraits after the big day.

Since silk bouquets last, you can order it well in advance of the photo shoot and use it in photos so both the formal bridal portraits and the photos taken on your wedding day are the same.

If you're passionate about photography, you could offer low-cost senior portraits to local high school students.

We got some wonderful family portraits from our cruise.

Before photography, miniature portraits were commissioned to be placed inside the locket to keep the likeness of a loved one close to the heart.

They sometimes feature unexpected materials, like denim, leather, and Swarovski crystals, in intricate portraits of skulls, dragons, and other popular picks in vintage tattoos.

Character portraits convey emotions during the frequent conversations.

Spraying portraits or graffiti with water often yields coins.

Your opponents are static cartoony portraits, but the cards are reasonably clear, and the interface is simple enough to use.

Family portraits were common motifs as were other types of real photos.

Our products include pet grave markers, pet urns, custom pet portraits and drawings (some incorporate the ashes in the oils and acrylics), pet keepsake boxes, pet memorial jewelry, blankets, and engraved glass pieces.

Dozens of pictures will be taken on prom night, from the first flash of a parent's camera to formal portraits at the dance to many candid snapshots.

Formal Sedu hairstyles are perfect for proms, weddings, and special portraits.

Customers who choose to have their portraits done at one of these outlets get the benefits of dealing with a company that has been in business for over 60 years.

This method makes the process of ordering portraits easier and more convenient for the customer.

Customers can choose to have their portraits taken using a number of backdrops and incorporating a variety of props, as appropriate.

Maternity portraits can be a cherished memento for your family.

Most women prefer to get the portraits done at some point in the seventh or eighth month.

Share the joy of your second, third, or fourth pregnancy with your other children and have them accompany you to your maternity portraits.

Choosing to display your maternity portraits is a personal choice.

If you have had several children, considering putting all of the maternity portraits together in one display.

Ask at your studio to see if they offer a discount for getting both sets of portraits done.

Numerous women have a studio session to have maternity portraits done where they show off their bellies proudly, often with blocks or shoes on the tummy, Dad kissing the tummy, and photos of the couple embracing.

Some photographers will do traditional portraits followed by a more candid session outside or in your home.

Countless portraits of the Virgin Mary Magdalene depict her as being heavy with child.

Even one of the most famous portraits of all time, the Mona Lisa, has endured speculation that the model was pregnant or had just given birth at the time of the painting.

Get your maternity portraits done after you have body art painted upon you.

This is a rising trend as more and more artists turn to creating portraits on flesh.

In fact, you will be amazed by the vibrant, life-like portraits some of these towels showcase.

Some companies that are available in Georgia to do this type of fundraiser are NCN Photo and Picture Perfect Portraits.

These are professional color 10 x 13 portraits.

Use Sears coupons for children's portraits, tools, clothing and accessories to stretch the household budget.

Black and white portraits on colorful patterned backgrounds make for a striking look.

Sears coupon codes can help you save on everything from family portraits to home electronics, clothes, appliances and much more.

Traditionally, eagle tattoos are realistic representations of majestic birds - but they can also be abstract designs, simple line drawings, or portraits of fantastic beasts.

Profile portraits are the most common type of silhouette, especially profiles of children.

Her specialty is life-like portraits in black and gray ink.

She specializes in life-like portraits in color, with images of pin-up models and comic book style heroes.

At the end of the show their nude portraits are tastefully done in a photo studio, and posted as a billboard for all the world to see.

It's a real look at the families and children involved and covers topics from getting portraits done to practicing talent presentations.

The town-hall contains the municipal library, collec tions of tapestry, portraits and antiquities, and valuable archives relating to the town and province.

Lee's family, has been occupied, since 1893, by the Virginia Historical Society (organized 1831; reorganized 1847) as the repository of a valuable library and collection of portraits of historical interest.

Although the poets of the time are unwearied in celebrating her charms, she does not, from the portraits which exist, appear to have been regularly beautiful, but as to her sweetness of disposition and strength of mind there is universal consent.

Among his most sympathetic portraits are those of his friend Pierre de Breze and of Jacques Coeur.

The habitable world is divided among the twelve apostles, whose portraits are given.

In 1767 he was appointed to succeed Shakelton as principal painter to the king; and so fully employed was he on the royal portraits which the king was in the habit of presenting to ambassadors and colonial governors, that he was forced to take advantage of the services of a host of assistants - of whom David Martin and Philip Reinagle are the best known.

With unflinching pertinacity he struggled till he had completed a likeness, of the king upon which he `was engaged at the time, and then started for his beloved Italy, leaving behind him a series of fifty royal portraits to be completed by his assistant Reinagle.

In the prefecture, a building of the 18th century, once the bishop's palace, is a collection of historical portraits.

In the existing portraits of him those who never saw him are apt to discover a strangeness which seems to them sinister or even affected.

Of the six churches, the Schlosskirche, adorned with paintings by Lucas Cranach, in one of which ("The Last Supper") are portraits of several reformers, is the most interesting.

Of all his portraits of adventurous sailors, "Gentleman Chucks" in Peter Simple and "Equality Jack" in Mr Midshipman Easy are the most famous, but he created many other types which take rank among the characteristic figures in English fiction.

Its beautiful picture gallery, containing portraits of several of the famous princes of the house of Wettin, was almost totally destroyed by fire in January 1905.

They are the broken bases of drinking vessels containing inscriptions, emblems, domestic scenes and portraits etched in gold leaf.

On tall, roomy, cylindrical glasses they painted portraits of the emperor and electors of Germany, or the imperial eagle bearing on its wings the arms of the states composing the empire.

Many of Carlyle's and Thackeray's pieces first appeared in Fraser's Magazine (1830), long famous for its personalities and its gallery of literary portraits.

It included portraits.

Yet he has great value as a painter of historical portraits, some of them those of his contemporaries,and as an author who had been a political partisan and had taken some part in making history before undertaking to write it; and he gives us, from the popular side, the views of a contemporary on the politics of the time.

In addition to a number of subject-pictures, such as "Trop Tard" (1870), "Samson et Delilah" (1871), and others taken from Moroccan studies, he was an eminent painter of portraits of some of the most prominent men and women of the day, one of his last being that of Queen Victoria (1900).

It contains a collection of the portraits of the friends of the poet-scholar and some valuable manuscripts.

Such was the number of portraits, 2 busts and medallions of him in circulation before he left Paris that he would have been recognized from them by any adult citizen in any part of the civilized world."

The portraits by Reynolds include the celebrated " Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy."

Zoffany's are portraits in character.

Among the other prominent buildings in Weimar are the Griines Schloss (18th century), containing a library of 200,000 volumes and a valuable collection of portraits, busts and literary and other curiosities; the old ducal dower-house (Wittumspalais); the museum, built in1863-1868in the Renaissance style with some old masters and Preller's famous mural paintings illustrating the Odyssey.

His pictures are magnificent in their composition and their draughtsmanship; and his keen observation and insight into character are evident, especially in his portraits, notably of Madame Recamier, of the Conventional Gerard and of Boissy d'Anglas.

William Gisborne's New Zealand Rulers and Statesmen,1844-1897 (London, 1897), gives many graphic portraits.

Here also is an interesting building called the Ldwenburg, erected in 1793-1796 in the style of a fortified castle, and containing among other things portraits of Tudors and Stuarts.

With questionable judgment portraits have been added of the subsequent holders of the title down to the emperor Francis II.

Erasmus's features are familiar to all, from Holbein's many portraits or their copies.

Brozik is known for his historical canvases, among them " John Hus before the Council of Constance," while others worth mention are the marine painter Knuepfer, the landscape painters Slavicek and Hudecek, and Preisler and Svabinsky as painters of portraits and allegorical subjects.

Buckingham, a bronze statue by Karl Gerhardt of Nathan Hale, a bronze tablet (also by Karl Gerhardt) in memory of John Fitch (1743-1798), the inventor; a portrait of Washington, purchased by the state in 1800 from the artist, Gilbert Stuart; and a series of oil portraits of the colonial and state governors.

The portraits of many famous professors since the earliest days hang in the university aula, one of the most memorable places, as Niebuhr called it, in the history of science.

All these are from portraits at Lambeth.

We have the means of comparing the personal appearance of the Mexicans and Central Americans by their portraits on early sculptures, vases, &c.; and, though there does not appear any clear distinction of race-type, the extraordinary back-sloping foreheads of such figures as those of the bas-reliefs of Palenque prove that the custom of flattening the skull in infancy prevailed in Central America to an extent quite beyond any such habit in Mexico.

The various rooms contain an interesting collection of portraits, armour and other family relics.

The volume is interspersed, far more extensively and richly than any other treatise on the war, with reproductions of contemporary plans, maps, documents, portraits and prints.

Parliament Square, contains the chapel (1798), with a Corinthian portico, the public theatre or examination hall (1787), containing portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Molyneux, Burke, Bishop Berkeley and other celebrities, and the wainscotted dining hall, also containing portraits.

They were collected in Mignet's Notices et portraits.

It was adorned with the portraits of the chief benefactors of the abbey, and with Scriptural subjects.

The picture of the "Last Supper" by Justus is specially valuable from its containing fine portraits of the Montefeltro family and members of the ducal court.

In separate compartments there are a number of crayon portraits, most of them by Rosalba Carriera, and views of Dresden by Canaletto and other artists.

Holbein painted portraits of Sir Thomas and his family.

To every Salon Houdon was a chief contributor; most of the leading men of the day were his sitters; his busts of d'Alembert, Prince Henry of Prussia, Gerbier, Buffon (for Catharine of Russia) and Mirabeau are remarkable portraits; and in 1778, when the news of Rousseau's death reached him, Houdon started at once for Ermenonville, and there took a cast of the dead man's face, from which he produced the grand and life-like head now in the Louvre.

In 1810 Guerin made his first appearance at the Salon with some portraits, which had a certain success.

His chief successes were attained by portraits, and those of Charles Nodier and the Abbe Lamennais became widely popular.

Translated into English, French, German, Dutch and Italian, it attracted much attention in Europe, and involved its author in considerable persecution, which, on the publication of his Portraits politiques des pages in 1822, culminated in a peremptory order to quit France.

It contains numerous relics of Luther and portraits and other paintings by the Cranachs.

In the interior of the church are the tombs of Luther and Melanchthon, and of the electors Frederick the Wise, by Peter Vischer the elder (1527), and John the Constant, by Hans Vischer; also portraits of the reformers by Lucas Cranach the younger.

The popular style, good illustrations and pious spirit pervading the writings of Lavater have given to them a popularity they little deserved, as there is no system in his work, which chiefly consists of rhapsodical comments upon the several portraits.

It contained portraits by Leochares of Philip, Alexander, and other members of their family, in gold and ivory.

A magnificent exhibition of relics, portraits of knights and other objects connected with the order of the Golden Fleece was held at Bruges in 1907.

Wentworth Castle, built in 1730 by Thomas, earl of Strafford, stands in a singularly beautiful park, and contains a fine collection of portraits of historical interest.

See also Sainte-Beuve, Portraits litteraires, vol.

The Essex Institute (1848) is housed in a brick building (1851) with freestone trimmings and in old Plummer Hall (1857); its museum contains some old furniture and a collection of portraits; it has an excellent library and publishes quarterly (1859 sqq.) Historical' Collections.

Its museum, like the ethnological and natural history collection of the Essex Institute, was bought by the Peabody Academy of Science, whose museum now includes Essex county collections (natural history, mineralogy, botany, prehistoric relics, &c.), type collections of minerals and fossils; implements, dress, &c. of primitive peoples, especially rich in objects from Malaysia, Japan and the South Seas; and portraits and relics of famous Salem merchants, with models and pictures of Salem merchant vessels.

He painted various other portraits of Washington; probably the best known in a full-length, which was made in 1778, and of which Peale made many copies.

Peale painted two miniatures of Mrs Washington (1772 and 1777), and portraits of many of the famous men of the time, a number of which are in Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

His portraits of Washington do not appeal so strongly to Americans as do those of Gilbert Stuart, but his admitted skill as a draughtsman gives to all of his work considerable historical value.

His brother, James Peale (1749-1831), also an artist, painted two portraits of Washington (one now the property of the New York Historical Society, and the other in Independence Hall, Philadelphia), besides landscapes and historical compositions.

He also wrote monographs on The Portraits and Jewels of Mary Stuart (1906) and James VI.

But to these were quickly added subjects of allegory, of classical learning, of witchcraft and superstition and of daily life; scenes of the parlour and the cloister, of the shop, the field, the market and the camp; and lastly portraits of famous men, with scenes of court life and princely pageant and ceremony.

A mythology reminiscent of Italy is the "Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds" in the Germanic Museum at Nuremberg, founded directly upon the "Hercules and Centaur Nessus" of Pollaiuolo, now at New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. Of portraits, besides that of his father already mentioned as done in 1497, there is his own of 1498 at Madrid.

Other panel portraits of the period are three small ones of members of the Tucher family at Weimar and Cassel, and the striking, restlessly elaborated half-length of Oswald Krell at Munich.

It shows the pope and emperor, with a lute-playing angel between them, kneeling to right and left of the enthroned Virgin and Child, who crown them with rose garlands, with a multitude of other kneeling saints disposed with free symmetry in the background, and farther in the background portraits of the donor and the painter, and a flutter of wreath-carrying cherubs in the air.

In 1509 followed the "Assumption of the Virgin" with the Apostles gathered about her tomb, a rich altarpiece with figures of saints and portraits of the donor and his wife in the folding wings, executed for Jacob Heller, a merchant of Frankfort, in 1509.

The portraits of the emperors Charles the Great and Sigismund (1512), in their present state at any rate, can hardly be recognized as being by the master's hand.

Other paintings of this and the succeeding year we may seek for in vain; but in line engravings we have four more Madonnas, two St Christophers, one or two more peasant subjects, the well-known St Anthony with the view of Nuremberg in the background, and the smaller of the two portraits of the Cardinal-Elector of Mainz; and in wood-, engraving several fine heraldic pieces, including the arms of Nuremberg.

In copper-engraving Diirer's work during the same years was confined entirely to portraits, those of the cardinal-elector of Mainz ("The Great Cardinal"), Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony, Willibald Pirkheimer, Melanchthon and Erasmus.

On his return he acquired an English country house called The Durdans, Epsom, which he largely rebuilt and adorned with some of the finest turf portraits of George Stubbs.

Carlyle's appearance has been made familiar by many portraits, none of them, according to Froude, satisfactory.

The best collection of Henry's portraits was exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1909, and the catalogue of that exhibition contains the best description of them; several are reproduced in Pollard's Henry VIII.

Darnley was esteemed handsome, though his portraits give an opposite impression; his native qualities of cowardice, perfidy, profligacy and overweening arrogance were at first concealed, and in mid April 1565 Lethington was sent to London, not to renew the negotiations with Leicester (as had been designed till the 31st of March), but to announce Mary's intended wedding with her cousin.

He returned to Aberdeen to paint landscapes and portraits for any trifling sum which his work could command.

He showed his versatility in landscape, as in his "Whins in Bloom," which combined great breadth with fine detail; in flower-pieces, such as his "Roses," which were brilliant in rapid suggestiveness and force; but most of all in his portraits, which are marked by great individuality, and by fine insight into character.

No thoughtful man who examines and compares these pictures can doubt that they are genuine historical portraits of a figure wholly different from any which had hitherto appeared on the world's stage.

Its true importance lies in its attestation of the genuineness of the earlier portraits to which it has so little to add, in its recognition of the relation of Christ to the whole purpose of God as revealed in the Old Testament, and in its interpretation of the Gospel message in its bearing on the living Church of the primitive days.

In Dux is a castle belonging to Count Waldstein, a kinsman of Wallenstein, which contains a picture gallery with two portraits of Wallenstein by Van Dyck, and a museum with a collection of arms and armour and several relics of the great general.

He died at Wolvesey on the 5th of October 1528; Corpus possesses several portraits and other relics of its founder.

Her Cite des dames contains many interesting contemporary portraits, and her Livre des trois vertus contains details of domestic life in the France of the early 15th century not supplied by more formal historians.

Other interesting buildings are the orphanage (1616), containing some 17th and 18th century portraits and ancient leather hangings; the weigh-house (1559), the upper story of which was once used by the Surgeons' Gild, several of the windowpanes (dating chiefly from about 1640), being decorated with the arms of various members; the former mint (r61 I); and the ancient assembly-house of the dike-reeves of Holland and West Friesland.

The familiarity thus acquired with military life and character stood Sterne in good stead when he drew the portraits of Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim.

The museum of the Frisian Society is of modern foundation and contains a collection of provincial antiquities, including two rooms from Hindeloopen, an ancient village of Friesland, some 16thand 17th-century portraits, some Frisian works in silver of the 17th and 18th centuries, and a collection of porcelain and faience.

Not far from the White House is the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1894-1897; architect, Ernest Flagg), of white Georgia marble in a Neo-Grecian style, housing a collection of paintings (especially American portraits) and statuary; the gallery was founded and endowed in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888) "for the perpetual establishment and encouragement of the Fine Arts."

The various and widely-differing portraits of him find exhaustive treatment in the seventh volume of Justin Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America.

He had renounced the beaten track, but he continued to study hard whilst he sought to procure bread by painting portraits at Io or 15 francs apiece and producing small "pastiches" of Watteau and Boucher.

Contemporary writers all bear witness to her extraordinary beauty, but no genuine portraits of her have come down to us.

The chief weapon of the Persians, as of all Iranians, was the bow, which accordingly the king himself holds in his portraits, e.g.

From reign to reign the portraits grow poorer and more stereotyped, and the inscriptions more neglected, till it becomes obvious that the engraver himself no longer understood Greek but copied mechanically the signs before his eyes, as is the case with the contemporary Indo-Scythian coinage, and also in Mesene.

In the library are portraits of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Lord Percy.

The portraits of many of the members were painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, himself a member, of a uniform size suited to the height of the Barn Elms room in which the club dined.

The works of Chenedolle were edited in 1864 by Sainte-Beuve, who drew portraits of him in his Chateaubriand et son groupe and in an article contributed to the Revue des deux mondes (June 1849).

Two portraits of Granby were painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, one of which is now in the National Gallery.

His effigy in the cathedral chantry and a bust on the groining of the muniment tower at Winchester college are no doubt authentic portraits.

At Salisbury Street and Park Avenue are the library and museum (1910) of the American Antiquarian Society, established in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, with a collection of interesting portraits, a library of 99,000 vols.

When only about twenty years of age she had already risen to fame with her portraits of Count Orloff and the duchess of Orleans, her personal charm making her at the same time a favourite in society.

At Rome she painted the portraits of Princesses Adelaide and Victoria, and at Naples the "Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante" now in the collection of Mr Tankerville Chamberlayne; and then journeyed to Vienna, Berlin and St Petersburg.

She returned to Paris in 1781, but went in the following year to London, where she painted the portraits of Lord Byron and the prince of Wales, and in 1808 to Switzerland.

Her numerous journeys, and the vogue she enjoyed wherever she went, account for the numerous portraits from her brush that are to be found in the great collections of many countries.

Among her many sitters was Marie Antoinette, of whom she painted over twenty portraits between 1779 and 1789.

The Louvre owns two portraits of Mme Lebrun and her daughter, besides five other portraits and an allegorical composition.

But, if our estimate of the merits of his speeches is moderated by doubts as to his right to introduce them at all, no such scruples interfere with our admiration for the skill with which he has drawn the portraits of the great men who figure in his pages.

Two of the most famous works formerly attributed to Rene are the triptych, the "Burning Bush," in the cathedral of Aix, showing portraits of Rene and his second wife, Jeanne de Laval, and an illuminated Book of Hours in the Bibliotheque nationale, Paris.

Senac also wrote a moderate exposition of the causes that led to the revolution, entitled Du gouvernement, des mours et des conditions en France avant la Revolution, avec les caracteres des principaux personnages du regne de Louis XVI; the last part was reprinted (1813) by the duc de Levis with a notice of the author as Portraits et caracteres.

The large bronzes are almost the only ones which have survived from classical times, the most famous of them being the seated Mercury and the dancing Faun; the marbles reckon among their vast number the Psyche, the Capuan Venus, the portraits of Homer and Julius Caesar, as well as the huge group called the Toro Farnese (Amphion and Zethus tying Dirce to its horns), the Farnese Hercules, the excellent though late statues of the Balbi on horseback and a very fine collection of ancient portrait busts.

He is known to have painted portraits of two of the king's mistresses, Cecilia Gallerani and Lucrezia Crivelli.

Twelve portraits of Swift are included in the work, in addition to two portraits of Stella and one of Vanessa.

His hair, originally dark, became, in his later years, silvery white, and its wavy locks combined with those of his flowing beard to give him that leonine appearance so familiar through his later portraits.

His Greatheart, his Captain Boanerges and his Captain Credence are evidently portraits, of which the originals were among those martial saints who fought and expounded in Fairfax's army.

Of the exceedingly numerous writings relative to Corneille we may mention the Recueil de dissertations'sur plusieurs tragedies de Corneille et de Racine of the abbe Granet (Paris, 1740), the criticisms already alluded to of Voltaire, La Harpe and Palissot, the well-known work of Guizot, first published as Vie de Corneille in 1813 and revised as Corneille et son temps in 1852, and the essays, repeated in his Portraits litte'raires, in Port-Royal, and in the Nouveaux Lundis of Sainte-Beuve.

Amongst the more conspicuous secular buildings in the street may be mentioned the Town and County Bank, the Music Hall, with sitting accommodation for 2000 persons, the Trinity Hall of the incorporated trades (originating in various years between 1398 and 1527, and having charitable funds for poor members, widows and orphans), containing some portraits by George Jamesone, a noteworthy set of carved oak chairs, dating from 1574, and the shields of the crafts with quaint inscriptions; the office of the Aberdeen Free Press, one of the most influential papers in the north of Scotland; the Palace Hotel; the office of the Northern Assurance Company, and the National Bank of Scotland.

They are of four stories and contain the great hall with an open timber ceiling and oak-panelled walls; the Sheriff Court House; the Town Hall, with excellent portraits of Prince Albert (Prince Consort), the 4th earl of Aberdeen, the various lord provosts and other distinguished citizens.

The Art Gallery and Museum at Schoolhill, built in the Italian Renaissance style of red and brown granite, contains an excellent collection of pictures, the Macdonald Hall of portraits of contemporary artists by themselves being of altogether exceptional interest and unique of its kind in Great Britain.

They never bear the portraits of rulers or figures of animals.

This is rich with mosaics, among them the portraits of the king and the founder.

Close by on the one side are the courts of justice, and on the other the first and second chambers of the states-general, containing some richly painted ceilings and the portraits of various stadtholders.

He also wrote biographies of Sir Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley for Knight's British Worthies, various notices of scientific men for the [[Gallery]] of Portraits, and for the uncompleted Biographical Dictionary of the Useful Knowledge Society, and at least seven articles in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography.

The principal buildings comprise the court house, the county hall (with portraits by Raeburn, Romney, Opie and others), the town hall, the Meffan Institute (including the free library), the infirmary, poorhouse and the Reid hall, founded by Peter Reid, a merchant in the burgh who also gave the public park.

This he did in writing Coningsby, a novel of the day and for the day, but commended to us of a later generation « syb%» not only by the undimmed truth of its character portraits, but by qualities of insight and foresight which we who have seen the proof of them can measure as his contemporaries could not.

Men vied with each other in celebrating Diane's beauty, which, if we may judge from her portraits, has been slightly exaggerated.

The heads of the sphinxes are royal portraits, and apparently they are intended to represent the power of the reigning Pharaoh.

Upon it the four main business streets, the Grimmaische-, the Peters-, the Hainand the Katharinen-strassen, converge, and its north side is occupied by the beautiful old Rathaus,.a Gothic edifice built by the burgomaster Hieronymus Lotter in 1556, and containing life-size portraits of the Saxon rulers.

But the missionaries were summoned to the palace; their presents were immensely admired, and the emperor had the curiosity to send for portraits of the fathers themselves.

The house contains portraits by Lawrence, Gainsborough, Romney, Lely, Reynolds, Hoppner, Kneller and many others.

Among the family portraits are works by Albert Durer.

The elegant and distinguished young novelist became a favourite at court; his pieces were performed at Compiegne before they were given to the public, and on one occasion the empress Eugenie deigned to play the part of Mme de Pons in Les Portraits de la Marquise.

It is therefore likely that Cleon has had less than justice done to him in the portraits handed down by these two writers.

It has reproduced a number of striking portraits of Kant.

The extant portraits of Alexander vary greatly, and it is impossible to determine which among them go back to Lysippus.

Its church contains a genealogical tree of the Mecklenburg ducal family, with portraits, dating from 1627 or earlier.

They were very candid portraits.

H.P.B., herself a clairvoyant, describes the apparitions as shells, as mere portraits.

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Indeed, one church replied with such enthusiasm about its portraits that the two researchers concerned felt almost overwhelmed by the flood!

The tiling is very grand and there are portraits of three grand looking geezers - one with his back turned.

In Leipzig workers occupied the youth headquarters and destroyed all the portraits except those of Karl Marx.

The paintings comprise deeply intimate portraits of shame, seemingly imaged through the memory of a child.

His Grace the Duke of Westminster is generously lending a pair of portraits.

Two 3D generated portraits, created using 3D scanning techniques, presented on flat screen monitors anchored to the wall.

At the Tolbooth, on a vast arched pageant, there were portraits of 109 Scottish kings.

Engraving of Thomas first Lord Coventry; Lord keeper dated to plate 1818 from ' Portraits Of illustrious personages Of Great Britain.

It includes sections of old B/W photos, color photos and portraits.

Recently Peter has been painting iconic portraits of music legends.

They Made Magic These pen portraits build up into a gallery of special people.

My portraits sittings take place at your home or at the location of your choice.

She was also a leading socialite in the 1920s and her portraits are in the National Portrait Gallery.

You can see a triptych of these portraits on my website, entitled ' Dancing with Darkness ' .

About the Artist I use watercolors to create imperfect portraits, in which the mutilation is a metaphor for genuine experience.

Of the numerous shorter studies may be mentioned those of SainteBeuve in the Causeries du lundi and in Portraits contemporains; Jules Lemaitre in Les Contemporains, vol.

Its walls and ceiling were painted by Sir James Thornhill with various emblematic devices, and it is hung with portraits of the most distinguished admirals and paintings of the chief naval battles of England.

The translator prefixes to the version an eloquent appreciation of Ford's genius, especially in his portraits of women, whose fate it is to live "dans les tenebres, les craintes et les larmes."

Among others may be mentioned the Genera of Birds by Thomas Pennant, first printed at Edinburgh in 1773, but best known by the edition which appeared in London in 1781; the Elementa Ornithologica and Museum Ornithologicum of Schaffer, published at Ratisbon in 2774 and 1784 respectively; Peter Brown's New Illustrations of Zoology in London in 1776; Hermann's Tabular Affinitatum Animalium at Strasburg in 1783, followed posthumously in 1804 by his Observationes Zoologicae; Jacquin's Beytraege zur Geschichte der Voegel at Vienna in 1784, and in 1790 at the same place the larger work of Spalowsky with nearly the same title; Sparrman's Museum Carlsonianum at Stockholm from 1786 to 1789; and in 1794 Hayes's Portraits of rare and curious Birds from the menagery of Child the banker at Osterley near London.

Fully admitting the extraordinary execution of the engravings, every ornithologist may perceive that as portraits of the birds they are of very unequal merit.

Some are lofty towers containing sepulchral chambers in stories; 3 others are house-like buildings with a single chamber and a richly ornamented portico; the sides of these chambers within are adorned with the names and sculptured portraits of the dead.

Among the portraits of the archbishops here are examples by Holbein, Van Dyck, Hogarth and Reynolds.

The animal vigour and carnal enjoyment of Rubens, the refined Italianizing beauty of Vandyck, the mystery of light and gloom on Rembrandt's panels, the love of nature in Ruysdael, Cuyp and Van Hooghe, with their luminously misty skies, silvery daylight and broad expanse of landscape, the interest in common life displayed by Ter Borch, Van Steen, Douw, Ostade and Teniers, the instinct for the beauty of animals in Potter, the vast sea spaces of Vanderveldt, the grasp on reality, the acute intuition into character in portraits, the scientific study of the world and man, the robust sympathy with natural appetites, which distinguish the whole art of the Low Countries, are a direct emanation from the Renaissance.

See Ampere, Ballanche (Paris, 1848); Ste Beuve, Portraits contemporains, vol.

Joao and Vida de Nun' Alvarez, he painted an admirable series of portraits and, following his master Michelet, made the past live again.

Redeye reduction is available for taking portraits in poor light.

Decorated in a regency style, the room features portraits of former Lord Mayors of this century.

But in the case of Early Christian sarcophagi the iconographic connections of portraits to either visual context or survivors receive short shrift.

He has worked in the studios for 25 years, sculpting wax portraits for display in the museum 's main exhibitions.

Hanging from the walls of the Shiite Muslim shrine and glaring from nearly every direction are portraits of the Iraqi leader.

It will be like those old cut out silhouette portraits everyone used to get.

The walls above the dado were subdued in tone, relieved by family portraits.

The Gallery portraits, thomas rowlandson opened to the public in May 1900.

Gem Portraits Below are two a Gem Portraits - a small tintype photo mounted behind a carte de visite sized cardboard mount.

You can see a triptych of these portraits on my website, entitled ' Dancing with Darkness '.

Hale has completed his arrangements for taking the carte-de-visite and the new vignette portraits.

Cautions All the wallpapers downloaded from JVC website have copyrights or rights to portraits.

Many parents preserve their memories of this special time by taking their baby to get newborn portraits.

However, taking the time to get newborn baby studio portraits gives you a snapshot of this special moment in your baby's life.

The tripod can take steady pictures and can allow you to do portraits of yourself or groups of people where you need to be present.

Sourcing some quality self portraits is an important first step.

From action photography to night portraits, having a range of pre-set shooting modes simply makes life easier.

Have a budget and know what kind of portraits will be taken with the camera to narrow down features and choices.

Not all photography involves people or portraits.

Not surprisingly, pointers related to taking good portraits are quite different than action photography tips.

It should also include samples of other images, such as still life, portraits or action shots.

Some of these sites prefer still life or portraits, while others are looking for celebrity or nature shots.

Once the shoot is over, the revealing portraits can be given to a significant other, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, or your groom on your wedding day.

Black is a controversial color in the world of family portraits.

Some photographers recommend wearing black during formal shoots, though most pro shooters tell their clients to avoid wearing black in family portraits because the color may cause lighting issues.

Whether you're interested in opening your own photography business or simply hoping to save some money while getting a good picture for your family's Christmas card, learning how to take family portraits doesn't have to be difficult.

When taking family portraits, you'll want to pick a time when everyone is likely to be relaxed and in a good mood.

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Generally, your camera should be positioned at eye level with your subjects when learning how to take family portraits.

While you won't be shooting action sports shots or landscapes or abstract art pieces, you can expect to be working with people of all ages from all walks of life to create a variety of portraits.

Professional backdrops are an easy way to add the holiday spirit to your family portraits.

Get bats around portraits of Dr. Gonzo and Raoul Duke to display your love of the book.

In the town hall (1618) are some corporation pictures, portraits of the counts of Orange and Nassau, including several by Michiel van Mierevelt (1567-1641), one of the earliest Dutch portrait painters, and with his son Pieter (1595-1623), a native of Delft.

The 18th-century series of portraits of the archbishops of Ravenna is no doubt copied from an earlier original.

Among many fine paintings, it contains portraits by Hoppner, Kneller, Lely, Opie and Reynolds.

The inner walls are decorated with Byzantine frescoes, among which only a painting of the Last Supper, and the portraits of five saints, remain unrestored.

It contained the ancient image of Athena Polias, and three altars, one to Poseidon and Erechtheus, one to Butes and one to Hephaestus; there were portraits of the family of the Butadae on the walls.

In these his language is vigorous and dignified; he states the results of his labour and thought with freshness and lucidity; tells numberless stories in a most delightful manner, and exhibits a wonderful talent for the representation of personal character; the many portraits of historic persons of all orders which he draws in these prefaces are as brilliant in execution as they are exact and convincing.

There are several portraits of Lord Hood by Abbot in the Guildhall and in the National Portrait Gallery.

Several of the great livery companies or gilds of the City possess fine halls, containing portraits and other collections of high interest and value.

At Boghaz Keui, Euyuk and Jerablus, the facial type is very markedly non-Semitic. But not much stress can be laid on these differences owing to (i) great variety of execution in different sculptures, which argues artists of very unequal capacity; (2) doubt whether individual portraits are intended in some cases and not in others.

Its museum, which is of great historical and artistic value and includes a collection of portraits of the Peruvian viceroys and presidents, is in the upper floors of the Exposition Palace.

Though contemporary, it does not altogether agree with the portraits on his Great Seal, which give the impression of greater strength and even of cruelty.

Amongst these the most famous were Goshun (1742-1811), who is sometimes regarded as one of the founders of the school; Sosen (1757-1821), an animal painter of remarkable power, but especially celebrated for pictures of monkey life; ShhO, the younger brother of the last, also an animal painter; ROsetsu (1755-1799), the best landscape painter of his school; Keibun, a younger brother of Goshun, and some later followers of scarcely less fame, notably Hoyen, a pupil of Keibun; Tessan, an adopted son of Sosen; Ippo and YOsai (1788-1878), well known for a remarkable set of volumes, the Zenken kojitsu, containing a long series of portraits of ancient Japanese celebrities.

Sir Ernest Satow states more definitely that Sakakibara attributes its origin to the year 1695, when portraits of the actor Ichikawa Danjiuro, colored by this process, were sold in the streets of Yedo for five cash apiece.

However, he is the first artist of importance to have produced the broadsheets for many years chiefly portraits of notable actors, historical characters and famous courtesanswhich are the leading and characteristic use to which the art was applied.

The museum of antiquities (1874) contains an exquisite chalice of the year 1425 and some pictures and portraits by Wouter Crabeth the younger, Corn.

The striking personal appearance of Fox has been rendered very familiar by portraits and by innumerable caricatures.

There are several portraits of Defoe, the principal one being engraved by Vandergucht.