The phrase "a comprehensive portrait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a detailed and thorough representation or depiction of a subject, person, or situation.
Example: "The documentary provides a comprehensive portrait of the artist's life and work, showcasing her struggles and triumphs."
Alternatives: "a detailed depiction" or "an in-depth representation."
But together, they create a comprehensive portrait of everyday activity.
Her work juxtaposes historical ephemera with a comprehensive portrait of mid-20th century black life.
This isn't a comprehensive portrait of Dylan's recent decades, but it is, like his eccentric memoir, "Chronicles," a portrait nonetheless.
What emerges is a comprehensive portrait of one project's descent from surefire box-office hit to unmitigated Hollywood disaster.
"Live at the Bimhuis" offers a comprehensive portrait of Mr. Hersch's strengths as a pianist: the supple touch and clarion tone, the inquisitive sense of harmony and rhythm.
With 17,450 biographies written by 6,143 scholars and writers, the publishers of the Biography aim to create a comprehensive portrait of American history.
Mr. Burns has created a remarkably comprehensive portrait of a man, a time and a place by using old newsreel footage and a series of contemporary interviews with Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian, the journalists I. F. Stone and Mrs. Hodding Carter, and the novelist Robert Penn Warren.
When Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, introduced Timeline in September at a developer conference, he described it as a way to get a more comprehensive portrait of someone than by simply reading updates or looking at a profile picture: "We think it's an important next step to help tell the story of your life".
(Adelson occasionally grants an interview to the business press, if the story is narrowly focussed, but he will not coöperate if the aim is a more comprehensive portrait.
But a more comprehensive portrait of Pericles' soldiers' lives will emerge when the data Dr. Agelarakis compiles is synthesized with the artifacts found alongside the bodies.
For that reason, the next brief in this series will juxtapose several measures of segregation to provide a more comprehensive portrait of segregation in the Bay Area.
