Found 2 items, similar to Portraiture.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: portraiture portraiture n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portrait] 2: the activity of making portraits
English → English (gcide) Definition: Portraiture Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. [1913 Webster] For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] --Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster]