| Description |
288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"120 illustrations, 109 in color." |
| Bibliography |
Contains bibliographic references (pages 283) and index. |
| Contents |
Medieval origins -- A craze for mirrors -- The artist in society -- The renaissance artist as hero -- Mock-heroic self-portraits -- The artist's studio -- At the crossroads -- Coming home : into the nineteenth century -- Sex and genius -- Beyond the face : modern and contemporary self-portraits. |
| Summary |
In this broad cultural survey, art historian and critic James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus to the prolific self-image-making of contemporary artists. His intelligent and vivid account shows how artists' depictions of themselves have been part of a continuing tradition that reaches back for centuries. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval 'mirror craze'; the explosion of the genre during the Renaissance; the confessional self-portraits of Titian and Michelangelo; the role of biography for serial self-portraitists such as Courbet and van Gogh; themes of sex and genius in works by Munch, Bonnard and Modersohn-Becker; and the latest developments of the genre in the era of globalization. The full range of self-portraits is covered here, from comic and caricature self-portraits to 'invented' or imaginary ones, as well as key collections of self-portraiture such as that of the Medici in Florence. Throughout, Hall asks why - and when - artists have chosen to make self-portraits, and looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have created them. Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated, the book features the work of a wide range of artists including Alberti, Caravaggio, Courbet, Dürer, Emin, Gauguin, Giotto, Goya, Kahlo, Koons, Magritte, Mantegna, Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt and Warhol. Offering a rich and lively history, The Self-Portrait is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.--Publisher. |
| Subject |
Self-portraits.
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Artists -- Portraits.
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Art appreciation.
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Self-portraits -- History.
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Portraits -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Portraits. (OCoLC)fst01423831
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| ISBN |
9780500239100 |
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050023910X |
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