Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are legitimate historical uses of a commissioned portrait?
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- A commissioned portrait is an argument about the sitter.
- Exact physical likeness is the one thing it cannot promise.
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- A. Evidence of contemporary fashion and display
- B. Evidence of how the sitter wished to be seen
- D. Evidence of the workshop’s techniques and materials
Why
Self-presentation, technique, and fashion are all readable. Exact likeness is the one thing a portrait cannot promise: it is an argument about a face, not a scan of one.
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