02729nam 2200445 450 991079389760332120230807202048.00-500-77314-9(CKB)4100000009154029(MiAaPQ)EBC5878116(MiAaPQ)EBC5071685(Au-PeEL)EBL5071685(CaONFJC)MIL824016(OCoLC)1027206929(EXLCZ)99410000000915402920190930h20152014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe self-portrait a cultural history /James Hall2nd ed.London ;New York, New York :Thames & Hudson,2015.©20141 online resource (288 pages) illustrations0-500-29211-6 Cover -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other Titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Prelude: Self-Portraiture in Antiquity -- 1. Medieval Origins -- 2. A Craze for Mirrors -- 3. The Artist in Society -- 4. The Renaissance Artist as Hero -- 5. Mock-Heroic Self-Portraits -- 6. The Artist's Studio -- 7. At the Crossroads -- 8. Coming Home: into the Nineteenth Century -- 9. Sex and Genius -- 10. Beyond the Face: Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Copyright.In this highly illustrated 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. This intelligent and vivid account shows how artists' depictions of themselves have been part of a continuing tradition that reaches back for centuries. It 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. 'There is never a dull passage in this book: the detail is crisply imparted; the content richly arcane at times, but more usually profoundly human; the ideas come freshly coined.' - The Guardian.Self-portraitsSelf-portraits.757Hall James1963-480002MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793897603321The self-portrait3753921UNINA