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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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Book category Books in English The arts Art treatments & subjects Human figures depicted in art

• Full title: Self-Portrait
• Author: James Hall
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780500292112
• ISBN: 0500292116
• ID: 09274970
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Weight: 706 g
• Dimensions: 222 × 161 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. August 2015

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