[PDR] The Serious and the Smirk: The Smile in Portraiture

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THE SERIOUS AND THE SMIRK: THE SMILE IN PORTRAITURE

*Why do we so seldom see people smiling in painted portraits? Nicholas 
Jeeves explores the history of the smile through the ages of 
portraiture, from Da Vinci’s /Mona Lisa/ to Alexander Gardner’s 
photographs of Abraham Lincoln.*
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    A little wander down the catwalk of time…

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We explore some of the more unorthodox fashion statements through 
history...

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<http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/09/10/a-little-wander-down-the-catwalk-of-time/>





    BLACKBOARD SKETCHING (1909)

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A book by Massachusetts based artist and teacher Frederik Whitney 
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*THE CORONATION OF KING LADISLAUS OF POLAND (1633)
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Illustration from a book celebrating the coronation of King Ladislaus of 
Poland in February of 1633. A rather rotund looking Ladislaus (presuming 
the figure is, in fact, the king) hovers in the clouds with the Latin 
words Ingenium Naturae on a banner above his head, literally translating 
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