portraiture

portraiture
noun
  1. [mass noun]the art of painting or taking portraits
    肖像绘画艺术;人像摄影法;雕像制作法
    ■graphic and detailed description, especially of a person
    (尤指对人的)生动具体描写
    it's part murder mystery and part portraiture through poetry.
    它部分是凶杀迷案,部分是诗歌描写。
    ■[count noun](formal)a portrait
    (正式)肖像,画像;照片;雕像
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, from portrait (See portrait)
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