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How did the idea of the portrait change throughout history?
1. In ancient times, portraits were typically made exclusively for royalty, but as technology and access became more widespread, everyone started to shift to self-portraits.
2. Back then, portraits were on a canvas, but now, literally everything is digital.
3. In the good old days, people were painted to be very abstracted, but now, we have heavily moved to realism.
1. In ancient times, portraits were typically made exclusively for royalty, but as technology and access became more widespread, everyone started to shift to self-portraits.