| Description |
xxvi, 267 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-256) and index. |
| Contents |
Self portraits in antiquity -- The medieval reflection: illumination and miniature self-portraits -- The Renaissance: interest in self-imaging -- Mannerism: the self-portrait of the nobil donna -- The Baroque: power, vision and the self -- The eighteenth century: transition, travel and international recognition -- The nineteenth century: education, exhibitions and new opportunities -- The symbolic self: women painters' quest for identity in the twentieth century -- Contemporary art: journey to the inner self. |
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Women painters -- Psychology.
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Self-perception in women.
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Self-portraits.
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| Added Author |
Cheney, Liana.
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Faxon, Alicia Craig.
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Russo, Kathleen Lucey.
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| ISBN |
1859284248 alkaline paper |
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9781859284247 alkaline paper |
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