Portrait Composition is a fundamental principle within the academic study of portraiture that denotes the structured arrangement of visual elements—such as pose, balance, proportion, and spatial relationships—within a portrait to achieve aesthetic harmony and convey the subject’s identity, character, or social context.
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Reflections on Portraiture: A Dialogue Between Art and Science
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot · Qualitative Inquiry · 2004 · 355 citations
Humanities, Art History, Iconography +10
A portrait of the artist as a young man
Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 186 citations
Arts, Art History, Iconography +11
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Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, Canada
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3 publications
55 citations
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
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11 publications
203 citations
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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211 citations
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
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University of Parma
Parma, Italy
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Tencent (China)
Shenzhen, China
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88 citations
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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CRO · 7 publications · 565 citations
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- Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition
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- Geographical Journal
2 publications · 47 citations
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- Perception
2 publications · 43 citations
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