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Anthony van Dyck, Triple Portrait of King Charles
1635-1636 |
According to About.com, "Portraiture, also known as "portrait painting," was the second highest genre in the academic hierarchy. Academy students underwent a rigorous course of instruction to master this skill, spending years first drawing from from plaster casts and then copying established artists' portraits before finally working with live models. " Portrait paintings were first done only by rich and elite patrons, as the years passed middle-class patrons also commissioned these paintings. Even today, portrait painting is still done by governments, corporations, groups, clubs and individuals. I find that portrait paintings, compared to portrait photographs, allows the artist to take the essence of the person and put it into the painting, it is more than just reproducing how they look. Enjoy!
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