full-length portrait

Head-to-toe painting

A full-length portrait depicts a person's entire body from head to feet, as opposed to a bust or half-length portrait showing only the upper body.

Historically associated with wealth and status—commissioning a full-length portrait cost more and required more canvas: The gallery displayed full-length portraits of former presidents.

The term applies to paintings, photographs, and other visual media.

Related

oil painting · old master · gallery · frame · aristocrat · gown · formal · lifelike · commissioned · art collector · easel · studio · sitter · elegant · regal · brushstrokes · figure · likeness

Categories
Opposites
bodily extent depicted

full-length portraitbust

Failure or sculpture

headshot · cameo

scale and formality

full-length portraitthumbnail

Reduced preview image

miniature portrait · passport photo · snapshot · candid shot · cameo

scale and grandeur

full-length portraitminiature portrait

Small detailed painted likeness

thumbnail sketch · intimate portrait

Family

fullness, fuller, fullest, length, lengths, lengthen, lengthened, lengthening, lengthy

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G