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- Insanity 2y agoTIL! To me the word “portrait” makes me think “painting” as well.. I never would have guessed it refers just to what is being depicted rather than “how”. Thanks for sharing.
- neom 2y agoMost good art colleges have portrait classes in every concentration. I went to the film school at my art college but I sat for a portrait in most other concentrations because we all modeled for each other.
- ninalanyon 2y agoThe OED and Cambridge dictionaries disagree. All the examples in both are of two dimensional representations or even one dimensional (written). Of course if enough people decide to agree with the Wikipedia article then the dictionaries will have to be updated but just now i suspect that if you were to ask people to describe what the word meant that very few would mention sculpure. But I don't think that sculpture really captures it either, it's more like a cameo.
- mr_toad 2y agoDepends which people you ask. Art galleries certainly include sculpture with portraits. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/portrait https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/portrait https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?search=ap&medium=sculpture https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?... https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/art-explainer-what-is-a-portrait https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/art-explainer-what-is-a-p...