limner
One who depicts
A limner is a painter, especially of portraits or miniatures.
The word is archaic or literary, evoking an era before photography when itinerant artists traveled to paint likenesses: The limner captured her likeness in a small oval frame.
By extension, a limner is anyone who depicts or describes vividly in words: a limner of rural life.
One who applies pigment
- portraitistPainter of people
- miniaturistOne who crafts diminutive works
- draughtsmanTechnical drawing specialist
- sketcherOne who drafts quickly
watercolorist · oil painter · etcher · engraver · printmaker · muralist · caricaturist · brushwork
Visual similarity or representation
- countenanceFace or expression
- visageFace or expression
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
- subjectMatter under discussion
profile · miniature · silhouette · bust · facial · expression · gaze · composition
Moving for work
- colonialOf occupied territories
- folk artistUntrained creator of traditional works
- sign painterCreates hand-painted commercial lettering
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
American · primitive · naive · self-taught · traveling · vernacular · provincial · artisan
Original text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
- codexAncient bound manuscript
marginalia · calligraphy · gold leaf · pigment · border · initial · decoration · medieval
painter
One who applies pigment
- portraitistPainter of people
- miniaturistOne who crafts diminutive works
- draughtsmanTechnical drawing specialist
sketcher · watercolorist · oil painter · etcher · engraver · printmaker · muralist · caricaturist · brushwork · easel
likeness
Visual similarity or representation
- countenanceFace or expression
- visageFace or expression
- sitterTemporary child caretaker
subject · profile · miniature · silhouette · bust · facial · expression · gaze · composition · chiaroscuro
itinerant
Moving for work
- colonialOf occupied territories
- folk artistUntrained creator of traditional works
- sign painterCreates hand-painted commercial lettering
tradesman · American · primitive · naive · self-taught · traveling · vernacular · provincial · artisan · craftsman
manuscript
Original text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
- scriptoriumMonastery manuscript workshop
codex · marginalia · calligraphy · gold leaf · pigment · border · initial · decoration · medieval · monastic
limnersculptor
Artist shaping solid materials
carver · stonecutter · modeler · woodcarver · ceramicist