LEADER 02498oam 22004814a 450 001 9910956034803321 005 20170922081344.0 010 $a9781611688931 010 $a1611688930 035 $a(CKB)3710000000916304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4729860 035 $a(OCoLC)961456068 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse50911 035 $a(Perlego)2236668 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000916304 100 $a20160210d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerican Faces $eA Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity /$fRichard H. Saunders 210 1$aHanover, [New Hampshire] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity Press of New England,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (258 pages) $ccolor illustrations, photographs 311 08$a9781611688924 311 08$a1611688922 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe rich -- Portraits for everyone -- Fame -- Propaganda -- Self and audience -- Rituals, power, and memory -- The gallery. 330 8 $aPortraits. We know what they are, but why do we make them? Americans have been celebrating themselves in portraits since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters to the colonies. They created images to commemorate loved ones, glorify the famous, establish our national myths, and honor our shared heroes. Whether painting in oil, carving in stone, casting in bronze, capturing on film, or calculating in binary code, we spend considerable time creating, contemplating, and collecting our likenesses. In this sumptuously illustrated book, Richard H. Saunders explores our collective understanding of portraiture, its history in America, how it shapes our individual and national identity, and why we make portraits-whether for propaganda and public influence or for personal and private appreciation. American Faces is a rich and fascinating view of ourselves. 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in art 606 $aPortraits, American$xThemes, motives 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in art. 615 0$aPortraits, American$xThemes, motives. 676 $a704.9/420973 700 $aSaunders$b Richard H.$f1949-$01810419 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956034803321 996 $aAmerican Faces$94361748 997 $aUNINA