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Le portrait peut être désigné comme "l'image absolue" (J-C Bailly). C'est-à-dire l'image où se rassemblent tous les enjeux de la mimesis, de la représentation, de la figuration, de la "vérité en peinture" (Cézanne/Derrida). L'histoire du portrait jusqu'à nous met en scène, si on…
In this broad cultural 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. His intelligent and vivid account shows how artists' depictions of…
In this broad cultural 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. His intelligent and vivid account shows how artists' depictions of…
"Reconsidering the relationship between autobiography and self-portraiture, The Body as Medium and Metaphor explores the intertextuality of self-representation in twentieth-century French art. Situating the body as the nexus of intersections between the written word and the visu…
"H. Perry Chapman had produced the first comprehensive treatment of the entire body of Rembrandt's self-portraits in their cultural and historical setting and in the context of the artist's life. Prevailing scholarship has tried to discredit the idea that the self-portraits stem…
