(Look for a rendering of a van Gogh self-portrait, opposite the illustration in John Rewald's "Post-Impressionism").
Joseph Wright's dramatic rendering of An Iron Forge shows the wealth being created that would allow an actress such as Mary Ann Yates, whose glamorous portrait hangs opposite, to become a celebrity in 18th-century London.
This has been a season of the salon, with Mr. Galliano literally evoking the dove gray atmosphere of Dior, and Karl Lagerfeld opening the Chanel show by rolling out a cream-colored carpet and ending the presentation with the staff of the house, including the heads, or premières, of the workrooms, seated class-portrait-style opposite the audience.
They saw it as an affront to Mao, whose giant portrait hung diagonally opposite.Sun Tzu is not so tainted.
He looked at a showier portrait on the opposite wall, of a man in a fantastically lavish silk suit.
Richelieu hung his own portrait, by Champaigne, opposite that of the 12th-century abbot Suger, who ruled France while Louis VII went off to lead the Second Crusade.
Think of her tempestuous performance (further fired up by off-screen chemistry with Gary Cooper) as Dominique Francon in King Vidor's The Fountainhead (1949, novel and screenplay by Ayn Rand) and her subtle portrait of Alma Brown opposite Paul Newman in Hud (1963).
Thomas Struth's family portraits adopt an opposite strategy, presenting the viewer with blank-faced groups in which no dirty secrets are revealed.
But he was intrigued by Mr. Morgan's portrait of two opposites — the humbled, ill-at-ease ex-president and the ambitious, charming talk-show host — both exploiting television to further their own ends.
After her death, there is nothing left here for me," he said, nodding at a portrait of his wife opposite his bed.
(On a kitchen wall, opposite a portrait of a bison that is original to the house, she has stenciled "Rejoice". Mr. Lovell-Smith said he had retired his wife's stencils before she got too carried away).
