Portrait
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
History
Most early representations that are clearly intended to show an individual are of rulers, and tend to follow idealizing artistic conventions, rather than the individual features of the subject's body, though when there is no other evidence as to the ruler's appearance the degree of idealization can be hard to assess. Nonetheless, many subjects, such as Akhenaten and some other Egyptian pharaohs, can be recognised by their distinctive features. The 28 surviving rather small statues of Gudea, ruler of Lagash in Sumeria between c. 2144 - 2124 BC, show a consistent appearance with some individuality.
Portraits (Gerald Wilson album)
Portraits is an album by the of Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in late 1963 and early 1964 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Reception
AllMusic rated the album with 4 stars; in his review, Scott Yanow said: " this was a very impressive unit although now somewhat underrated".
Track listing
All compositions by Gerald Wilson except as indicated
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Personnel
Portraits (For Today album)
Portraits is the second studio album by Christian metalcore band For Today, released on June 9, 2009. The album charted on three of Billboard's charts; No. 14 on Top Heatseekers, No. 15 on Christian Albums, and No. 40 on Top Independent Albums.
Track list
Personnel
References
Tomb
A tomb (from Greek: τύμβος tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
Overview
The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of places of interment or, occasionally, burial, including:
Tombs (band)
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Tombs is an experimental metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2007. Thus far, the group has released three full-length records, Winter Hours, Path of Totality and Savage Gold.
History
The group was founded by guitarist/vocalist Mike Hill, bassist Domic Seita and drummer Justin Ennis in 2007. In 2009, the group released their first full-length album, Winter Hours through Relapse Records, and in 2011, released their second full-length album and most recent release, Path of Totality. The album was met with critical acclaim. A song titled "Ashes" was featured in the Decibel Magazine October 2012 issue as a part of its Flexi-Series. On August 29, 2012, another song titled "Heroes", originally by David Bowie, was made available for streaming on Ghettoblaster. According to Mike Hill, the band has half an albums worth of material already written, with the hopes of entering the studio early 2013 to record their next release. Tracking for their third record, Savage Gold, began on November 11, 2013 with producer Erik Rutan at Mana Recording Studios in Florida. On March 27, 2014, the tracklisting, album artwork and release date for Savage Gold were revealed.
Tombs (surname)
Tombs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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