Self Portrait : A Cultural History

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  • Author:
    HALL James
  • ISBN:
    9780500239100
  • Publication Date:
    0/03/2014
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    288
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Thames and Hudson
  • Country of Publication:
Self Portrait : A Cultural History
Self Portrait : A Cultural History

Self Portrait : A Cultural History

SKU: 9780500239100
Regular price $49.99
Unit price
per
  • Author:
    HALL James
  • ISBN:
    9780500239100
  • Publication Date:
    0/03/2014
  • Edition:
    1
  • Pages:
    288
  • Binding:
    Hardback
  • Publisher:
    Thames and Hudson
  • Country of Publication:

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In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of today's contemporary artists. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze; 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 and Bonnard; and the latest developments in our globalised age. Hall covers the full range of self-portraits, from comic and caricature self-portraits to invented or imaginary ones, and looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have created them. Offering a rich and lively history, this is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.

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  • In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of today's contemporary artists. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze; 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 and Bonnard; and the latest developments in our globalised age. Hall covers the full range of self-portraits, from comic and caricature self-portraits to invented or imaginary ones, and looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have created them. Offering a rich and lively history, this is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.

    Featured in the July 2014 Creative Enterprises newsletter.
    To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.

In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of today's contemporary artists. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze; 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 and Bonnard; and the latest developments in our globalised age. Hall covers the full range of self-portraits, from comic and caricature self-portraits to invented or imaginary ones, and looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have created them. Offering a rich and lively history, this is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.

Featured in the July 2014 Creative Enterprises newsletter.
To receive this newsletter regularly please email us with your name and contact details.