![]() ![]() This technique also allows the subjects of the photo to be given the appearance of their current biological age, such as the magical war criminal Gellert Grindelwald, despite the fact that the photos were taken about 6 years before those events. A few moments later, the photographs were nodding in agreement as Lockhart spoke. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione were taken to his office to be interviewed by Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Snape in the Chamber of Secrets, pictures of Lockhart (with his hair now in rollers) dodged out of sight. Gilderoy Lockhart had "countless framed photographs" of himself in his office. While some of these might simply be animated images occurring in a continuous loop, some reacted to their surroundings. Magical photographs Ī witch or wizard might also produce a magical photograph that had been put through a special potion. The person depicted in a portrait could therefore live indefinitely, although a portrait did have reason to fear for their life or well-being. The depth of knowledge and insight contained in some of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' portraits was unknown to any but the incumbents of the office and the few students who had realised, over the centuries, that the portraits' apparent sleepiness when visitors arrived in the office was not necessarily genuine. Prior to taking up the post of Headmistress of Hogwarts on a permanent basis, Minerva McGonagall was advised to not mistake those in the paintings for actual people. Despite this, the people in the portraits were considered a sort of memoir a support mechanism that could cousel and inform - to an extent - the decisions of the current headteacher. The Headmaster could therefore teach their portrait to act and speak like them so that they could teach their successors. The exception to this was of the portraits of Hogwarts Headmasters, which were kept in a cupboard from the time of their painting, which was usually very old, until the subject died. The individuals depicted in the paintings fleeing in preparation for the Battle of HogwartsĪ portrait knew little if anything of its subject's life, and therefore could not hold a very interesting conversation about its subject, as they were only representations of the living subjects as seen by the artist. Sir Cadogan's portrait was forever challenging people to a fight, falling off its horse and behaving in a fairly unbalanced way, which was how the subject appeared to the poor wizard who had to paint him, while the portrait of the Fat Lady continued to indulge her love of good food, drink, and tip-top security long after her living model passed away. Private individuals might place their portrait in their home, while prominent figures in the magical community might get a portrait mounted on the wall of prestigious institutions such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and the British Ministry of Magic to commemorate them for some public service or accomplishment. The portrait would be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour. This was usually done so that the portraitist could enchant the portrait to have some characteristics of the subject. Ī witch or wizard could go to a wizarding painter to have themselves painted. Magenta Comstock was an experimental painter whose subjects' eyes followed their viewers home. īimp, Oliver Cartwright, John Homme, Luxo Karuzos, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci were all expert painters. ![]() A portrait could also move from portrait to portrait, or else visit a portrait of them elsewhere in the world. The portrait would be able to use some of the subject's favourite phrases and imitate their general demeanour based on how the subject appeared to the painter however, they were limited in what they could say or do. The subject of a magical portrait was sentient due to enchantments placed on the portrait by the painter. ![]() Portraits were paintings made of certain individuals, namely witches and wizards. However, the degree to which they can interact with the people looking at them depends not on the skill of the painter, but on the power of the witch or wizard painted." - Description " Hogwarts portraits are able to talk and move around from picture to picture. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |