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Written by Peter D. Owen
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Family Group [Credit: Photograph by Trish Mayo. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 57.68]"/>
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Virgin and Child with St. Anne [Credit: Photograph, courtesy of Giraudon—Art Resource, New York]"/>
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Virgin and Child [Credit: Archivo Mas, Barcelona]"/>
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Christ Discovered in the Temple [Credit: Board of Trustees of the National Museums and Galleries in Merseyside (Walker Art Gallery Liverpool)]"/>
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The Annunciation [Credit: © Photos.com/Jupiterimages]"/>
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The Monumental Turf [Credit: Courtesy of the Albertina, Vienna]"/>
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The Lauerzersee with Schwyz and the Mythen [Credit: In a private collection]"/>
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Woodcutter Gazing at Waterfall [Credit: Courtesy of the Stanford University Museum of Art, California, Ikeda Collection]"/>
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Le Luxe II [Credit: Courtesy of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen]"/>
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Fall [Credit: Courtesy of the trustees of The Tate Gallery, London]"/>
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Young Lady of the Leblond Family [Credit: SCALA—Art Resource/EB Inc.]"/>
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A Young Man Among Roses [Credit: Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London]"/>
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Las cántigas de Santa María [Credit: Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis]"/>
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The Admonitions of the Court Instructress [Credit: © The British Museum/Heritage-Images]"/>
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Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry [Credit: The Granger Collection, New York]"/>
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From the end of the 18th century, profiles and full-length group portraits were cut in black paper, mounted on white card, and often highlighted in gold or white. A silhouette (“shade”) might be first outlined from the sitter’s cast shadow with the aid of a physionotrace. American artist Kara Walker revived the silhouette technique with a series of controversial works that commented on race, gender, and class.