 The term is especially used of paintings that show full-length figures  at a small scale, as opposed to say a head painted nearly life-size , and that are painted very precisely, with a great degree of "finish".
<clarity>  The term is especially used of paintings that show full-length figures  at a small scale, as opposed to say a head painted nearly life-size , and that are painted very precisely, with a great degree of "finish".
 The term is especially used for paintings that show full-length figures at a small scale, as opposed to say a head painted nearly life-size , and that are painted very precisely, with a great degree of "finish".