Portrait

The picture is a genre about the representation of the human figure, capturing the characteristics and personality of this. In classical antiquity, there was a habit of portraying imposing figures such as the Roman emperors, but in the Renaissance, due to the appreciation of the human being and his individuality, the portrait flourishes between kings, cutting and clergy.During the Dutch Golden Age, artists such as Frans Hals or Rembrandt van Rijn, experience exponential growth in ordering portraits, due to a merchant class that is intended economically and socially.From the nineteenth century, artists like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse Or Paul Cézanne, explore pictorial picture in other ways due to the appearance of photography that presents a more faithful and affordable picture.