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Portraiture is about truth and honesty, both in how we choose to have ourselves portrayed and in how artists present their subjects. During the Renaissance, portraiture was tied to humanism, which values the individual. Artists sought to recover the art of portraiture known from Greek and Roman antiquities. We all like to embellish, however, and the Roman examples in this survey of the Museum\u2019s European and American portraits are stylized and simplified. Maybe all portraits are about relationships and the intensity of the encounter between artist and subject. Not every portrait is a picture, however.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This gallery features European and American art in photography, painting and sculpture. It includes epitaph inscription slabs from ancient Roman tombs, a coat of arms, and a reliquary.  The works in this gallery represent the diversity of our community as well as of our collection, and span thousands of years, and many continents and are done in many styles. They also challenge our idea of what we understand by Europe \u2013 proud Syrian Romans in togas, for example, speak to us from their tombstones, in Aramaic.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"facing-ourselves","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-scaled.jpg","id":14417,"extension":"jpg","width":2058,"height":2560,"filesize":736904,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":563,"height":700,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":58367,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-563x700.jpg"},"large":{"width":1051,"height":1308,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":217645,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-1051x1308.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":11006,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":955,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":112118,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-768x955.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1235,"height":1536,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":299958,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-1235x1536.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"width":1646,"height":2048,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":507605,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-1646x2048.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":27541,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":723,"height":900,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":99607,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-723x900.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":78557,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":76616,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-975x500.jpg"},"hero":{"width":1894,"height":1080,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":291196,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite-1894x1080.jpg"}},"original_image":"George-Luks-Mike-the-Bite.jpg"},"all_day":true,"start_date":"2025-06-11 00:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"11","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-06-11 23:59:59","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"06","day":"11","hour":"23","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"utc_start_date":"2025-06-11 07:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"06","day":"11","hour":"07","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-06-12 06:59:59","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"06","day":"12","hour":"06","minutes":"59","seconds":"59"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":true,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n