half-length

Cut off mid-body

Half-length describes a portrait or depiction showing a person from the waist up: a half-length portrait of the duchess.

The term distinguishes such works from full-length portraits (showing the entire body) and bust portraits (showing only head and shoulders).

As a noun, a half-length is such a portrait: The museum acquired a half-length by Rembrandt.

garment

coat

Outer garment or layer

boot · glove · skirt · dress · mirror · curtain · veil · apron · cape · cloak

proportion

ratio

Comparative numerical relation

relative · scale · balance · symmetry · partial · reduced · shortened · abbreviated · truncated · curtailed

measurement

dimension

Measurable extent or scope

  • sizePhysical extent or dimensions
  • widthDistance across something
  • heightVertical extent upward

thickness · diameter · ruler · tape · meter · gauge · scale · millimeter · metric · calibration

Categories
Opposites
portrait scope/framing

half-lengthfull-length

Extending the entire distance

full-body · head-to-toe · whole-length · bust · life-size

completeness/proportion

half-lengthfull-length

Extending the entire distance

whole · complete · entire · full · extended

Family

half, length, halfway, lengthy, lengthen, halved, halves, halve, lengths

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