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What is a portrait?

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A portrait is a painting, photo, or sculpture of a person. (usually just the head and shoulders) However there are paintings considered to be portraits that show you the full body. Portraits will also normally tell you something about the person, whether it be in the medium used, the body language of the person or an object in the picture.
A potrait is a drawing painting or scelpture of a person or important event that ca be displayed in many ways.

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