Galleries may specialise in a certain type of art. For instance there may be a large gallery that concentrates on portraiture. This is an important aspect of the development of art. It reflects the changing role of the individual in society. Once people when they were depicted in artistic work were not really given much detail or personality. Over the centuries this changed until the individual became the focus. The great and the good would commission artists to reproduce portraits to ensure their longevity.
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