The Misses Vickers by John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas, 54.25 x 72.01. Portraiture is the genre of painting in which the likeness of a sitter or model is depicted by the artist. Historically, portrait paintings were often commissioned by the well-to-do or powerful, but artists will also create portrait...
A lighting technique often used in portraiture. One side of the face is lit well from the main light source while the other side of the face uses the interaction of shadows and light to create this geometric form on the face.
An undeviating vertical line used as a reference when determining alignment. It is often used in drawing the human figure.