Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,508,257,894 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

portrait
(redirected from Autoportrait)

   Also found in: Wikipedia 0.54 sec.

portrait

An orientation in which the data are printed across the narrow side of the form. Contrast with landscape.


portrait
a. a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
b. (as modifier): a portrait gallery


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
A group of eight images titled DaimlerstraBe 38, these autoportraits were instigated in 2001 by Danish artist Tue Greenfort while he was still a student of Thomas Bayrle at the Stadelschule in Frankfurt.
Samuel Fosso's Le Chef qui a vendu PAfrique aux colons (The Chief Who Sold Africa to the Colonizers), from the series "Tati, autoportrait I-V" (Tati, Self-portraits I-V), 1997, has deservedly become the show's signature image, adorning posters and the cover of the catalogue.
Ceci n'est pas un autoportrait," as Magritte might have put it, but then what is it?
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.