Usage Note
Porträtmalerei is the genre devoted to painted likenesses of individuals. Auftragsporträts (commissioned portraits) were a primary source of income for artists in past centuries.
Examples
"Die flämische Porträtmalerei des 16. Jahrhunderts zeichnet sich durch psychologische Tiefe aus."
Natural Translation
Flemish portrait painting of the 16th century is characterised by psychological depth.
Literal Translation
The Flemish portrait-painting of the 16th century distinguishes itself through psychological depth.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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