A surfer and the California coast, seen in silhouette A silhouette is a view of some object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior. The word is an eponym named after Etienne de Silhouette, a finance minister of Louis XV who in 1759 imposed such harsh economic demands upon the French people that his name became synonymous with anything done or made cheaply. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ...
Silhouette took its name, from Louis XVs miserly finance minister, Étienne de Silhouette (July 8, 1709 - 1767). ...
Louis XV, called the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1715 until his death. ...
In art
A silhouette is a form of artwork. It is most commonly a human portrait in profile, in black. They do not show any facial expression. Silhouettes are most often made by a skilled silhouette artist by looking at a subject's profile, whether in person or from a photograph, and simply cutting out their likeness freehand.[citation needed] The Mona Lisa is one of the most recognizable artistic paintings in the Western world. ...
Roman-Egyptian funeral portrait of a young boy A portrait is a painting (portrait painting), photograph (portrait photography), or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. ...
Two hundred years ago, long before the camera was invented, someone wishing to have an inexpensive portrait created of their loved ones would have visited a silhouette artist. Within minutes and using only a pair of scissors and a skillful eye, he would have produced a little image with a remarkable resemblance to his subject.[citation needed] For other uses, see Scissors (disambiguation). ...
 A silhouetted skyline of some trees
 Steve Abbott's sketch of Fingask Castle In America, Silhouettes were highly popular from about 1790 to 1840. The invention of the camera signaled the end of the Silhouette as a widespread form of portraiture. However, their popularity is being reborn in a new generation of people who appreciate the Silhouette as a nostalgic and unique way of capturing a loved one's image. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 331 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 561 pixelsFull resolution (1618 × 1134 pixel, file size: 154 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) source the artist, Steve Abbott, and the sitter, February 23, 2007Rodolph 19:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify...
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Dr. Sir Stuart Threipland, of Fingask (1716-1805). ...
 A example of a color silhouette with a small depth of field
 Silhouetted soldiers against a sunset sky BABES NO THOOO LIKE!! Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 748 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (958 × 768 pixel, file size: 350 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // September 8, 2006 Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 748 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (958 × 768 pixel, file size: 350 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // September 8, 2006 Soldiers from Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, pause at the end of a patrol near Wynot, Iraq. ...
In popular culture Silhouettes have been used in many of the opening credit sequences of the James Bond films, where girls dancing in silhouette appear to be naked. 007 redirects here. ...
Silhouettes have also been used by recording artists in music videos. One example is the group The Pussycat Dolls - in one of their videos, "Buttons", Nicole Scherzinger is seen showing her body as a silhouette. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
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Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger (also known as Nicole Kea) (born June 29, 1978), is an American singer, dancer, songwriter and occasional actress best known for her work as the lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls. ...
Early iPod commercials portrayed silhouetted dancers wearing an iPod and earbuds. iPod is a brand of portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched in October 2001. ...
The very popular TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 used the main characters in silhouette when they were shown watching the movie in the "movie theater". Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. ...
Military usage Silhouettes of ships, planes, tanks, and other vehicles used by the military are used by soldiers and sailors for recognition purposes. See Jane's Fighting Ships, aircraft recognition. Janes Fighting Ships is an annual reference book (also published online, on CD and microfiche) of information on all the worlds warships arranged by nation, including information on ships names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes and photographs, etc. ...
Recognition silhouette for Dassault Mystère Recognition line drawing for Mirage III Aircraft recognition is a visual skill taught to military personal and civilian auxiliaries since the introduction of military aircraft in World War I. It is important for air defense and military intelligence gathering. ...
In graphic design To silhouette is to separate (mask) a portion of an image so that it does not show. For instance, a background.
In journalism For interviews, some individuals choose to be videotaped in silhouette to mask their facial features and protect their anonymity. This is done when the individual may be endangered if it is known they were interviewed.
Voice scrambling may also be employed for further protection.
See also Contre-jour is French for against daylight, referring to photographs taken when the camera is pointing towards the light source. ...
Iconic mudflap girl image The mudflap girl is an iconic silhouette of a scantily-clad buxom female sitting, leaning on her hands, with her hair being blown in the wind. ...
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Silhouettes - Silhouette Artists List of silhouette artists, both living and historical.
- GAP Guild of American Papercutters
- Costume Silhouettes Fashion silhouettes from the 1920s and 1930s.
- Silhouette Gallery A collection of silhouette style photographs.
- Silhouettes. Paintings & Drawings. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
- "Silhouette," poem by Jared Carter.
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