Follow our key stage 2, step-by-step guide to reading portraits. Develop visual literacy skills looking for hidden clues in portraits to discover what they might tell us: https://www.npg.org.uk/schools-hub/how-to-read-a-portrait
Description
The National Portrait Gallery is full of portraits of famous people. Some of them are paintings, some are drawings. Others are photographs or sculptures. Some were made hundreds of years ago. Others are brand new. But all of them are artworks of people.
If we look at portraits really closely, they can tell us all sorts of things about the person (or people) in the picture.
A portrait can tell us about:
- how they’re feeling
- their job or their hobby
- their family background or religion
- whether they are young or old
- whether they are rich or poor
and so much more.
Portraits can also tell us about the different ways artists make portraits or what life was like in the past.
Follow our step-by-step guide to help you look for clues in portraits and discover what they might tell us.
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Really helpful, esp if you aren't confident with art (like me!) - takes you through everything step by step
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