Monday, 9 July 2012

A brief history of portraiture


‘The aim of Art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance; for this, not the external manner and detail, constitutes true reality.- Aristotle, Greek philosopher

 
The First Portraits

The earliest semblances of a portrait came from a cave in Angoulême, France. It was a stylized representation of an eye, nose and mouth. This depiction of the human face was created long before any form of writing. We can know so much from a portrait that no words are necessary to communicate the message.  

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