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Portraiture in Different Eras

We've got a small group of portraits here, ranging from the 1400's up to 2009, and it's easy to see how different the people and their clothing look at different times in history. What may look odd or stuffy to us in the Frans Hals portrait from 1650 probably looked very normal to people at that time, just as the man in Kehinde Wiley's portrait from 2009, with a Yankees hat and plaid shirt, looks very normal to us now.

But we want to know: what do you think portraiture will look like in 2100? Will people still be taking photographs or making oil paintings then? Or will portraits be 3-D holograms or something futuristic like that? Create your own vision of a futuristic portrait and send it to us - we'll create a gallery of your ideas!    

what do you think portraits will look like in the year 2100?

Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Youth, 1481
Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Youth, 1481
Frans Hals, Isabella Coymans, 1650
Frans Hals, Isabella Coymans, 1650

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Olga, 1917
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Olga, 1917
Joel Sternfeld, Investment Banker, 1988
Joel Sternfeld, Investment Banker at home, Malibu, California, 1988

Kehinde Wiley, Portrait, 2009
Kehinde Wiley, After El Greco's (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) The Annunuciation, 2009
guess what portraits will look like in 2100
What's your guess for portraiture in 2100?





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