Carmine's Introduction to Portraits

Still Life with Quince, Apples and Pears, by Paul Cezanne No, I'm afraid that's not right. This is a still life. It tells you about fruit. When making a still life, artists study things like fruit, books or vases to show shapes, colors and textures.
Hundred Horses, by Lang Shih-ning

This is a landscape. There are some people, but they are very small. In this landscape, we learn more about the pond, the trees, and the horses than we learn about the people.


Artist's Daughter, by Pierre-Narcisse de Guerin

This is the portrait. Portraits tell us about people. This portrait is a painting of the artist's daughter.

Why do artists make portraits?

 


« Back to games

©2007 SANFORD, A Newell Rubbermaid Company