Define the following terms: - close-up - portraiture - straight photography

Close Up - A close-up is a type of shot that frames a person very closely with displaying every detail of the particular feature.  Close up photo is taken through zooming on a particular area.

Portraiture - Portraiture or Painting is a form of creating portraits with colors which did not require a camera. Portraits are drawn by artists who create a representation of a person, with face and its expression. Portraits are drawn by studying the person form in a still position.

Straight photography - Straight photography refers to the photography that tries to represent a scene as realistically by focusing on a particular subject and giving details.  

classical and renaissance ideals. he mainly focused in historical paintings, so you could also say that he drew his artistic inspiration from the bible, since he depicted and painted many scenes from it.