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2 unusual facts about Character sketch


Character sketch

Following the translation of Theophrastus's Characters into English, a number of British and American painters attempted to illustrate the "types" of humanity.

As late as William Hogarth, portraitists were doing studies of (in his case), Nine heads. The artist performing a character sketch attempts to capture an expression or gesture that goes beyond coincident actions and gets to the essence of the individual.



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