Carmine's Introduction to Portraits

Artist's Daughter, by Pierre-Narcisse de Guerin

That's right! Good job. This is the portrait. Portraits tell us about people. This portrait is a painting of the artist's daughter.

Still Life with Quince, Apples and Pears, by Paul Cezanne
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

And 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.

Why do artists make portraits?

 


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