The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History - Hardcover

Hall, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050023910X ISBN 13: 9780500239100

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014

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'This is really good art history, intelligent, knowledgeable and fired by ideas' - World of Interiors '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. Hall manages to retain the intellectual high ground while writing with verve and enthusiasm.' - Frances Spalding, Guardian 'Fascinating, erudite and beautifully produced' - Sunday Times 'Beautifully designed ... delivers original and engaging interpretations' - RA Magazine

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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 todays 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 globalized 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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• Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 050023910X
• ISBN 13: 9780500239100
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288