Blog #13 - Linking Personal Identity

Maljutin, Surgej. ARTstor. 1922. web. 1 Dec. 2013  

Blog #12: Power and Status

Blog #11: Group Portrait

Blog #10: Awkward Family Portrait

Blog 8: Portrait depicting old age

Blog 8: Portrait of a Young Adult

Blog 8: Portrait of a Child

Entry #7, Portrait by Francis Bacon

Bacon, Francis. ARTstor. 1956. web. 25 Oct. 2013  

Blog Entry 5: Revealing Something Deeper With Self-Portraiture

Blog 4: Narrative Self-Portrait

Blog Entry 6: Medium

Not Contact

Not Contact 

Boucher, Jack. Poteaux-en-Terre in the Bequet-Ribault House in Ste Genevieve MO. N.d. Photograph. Wikimedia CommonsWeb. 25 Sep 2013.

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Contact

Ceslin, Rocco. N.d. Photograph. Rocco Studio Web. 25 Sep 2013. <http://roccostudio.net/PORTRAITS/Gallery/1/>.

True Likeness vs. Not a True Likeness

True Likeness

 Not a True Likeness 

Portraiture: A portrait is a complex reflection or alteration of a persons inner and outer features.

This post applies to the definition because a portrait can portray an individual in their natural state. However, a portrait can also depict an altered version of the individual to make their external features stand out. This can be used on their internal features as well to capture the real or fixed emotion in the individual. Inner features of a person can also be shown by use of props in a portrait because they can enhance or reflect a certain trait in a person such as wealth, musical ability, love, etc. Lastly, the essence of a portrait falls in the hands of the artist. The artist chooses what they want to bring out in their art which is why similar portraits can have completely opposite meanings.  

Hello my name is Cayce Sylvester. I am from Traverse City MI, and I am currently a Junior. I am a Media & Information major.