Portraiture / / Shearer West

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821496503321
• Autore: West Shearer
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-280-76002-8; 0-19-151803-4; 9780191518034
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Collana: Oxford history of art
• Disciplina: 704.942
• Soggetti: Portraits - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 What Is a Portrait?; Chapter 2 The Functions of Portraiture; Chapter 3 Power and Status; Chapter 4 Group Portraiture; Chapter 5 The Stages of Life; Chapter 6 Gender and Portraiture; Chapter 7 Self-portraiture; Chapter 8 Portraiture and Modernism; Chapter 9 Identities; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Timeline; Websites; List of Illustrations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity, modernity,and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context. - ;This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and h