"This book focuses on one of the most attractive yet poorly understood features of late-medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her own prayer-book"--
Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms. But what do portraits tell us? What do they mean? And what makes a picture into a portrait?In this book, leading art philosopher Cynthia Freeland addresses these questions and more. As she shows, portraits ha…
Leading philosopher of art Cynthia Freeland investigates some of the fascinating and fundamental questions posed by the art of portraiture. She answers questions such as: what do portraits tell us? What do they mean? What makes a picture into a portrait? And can a picture of an …
For centuries portraits have been one of the most important art forms. But what do they tell us? What do they mean? And what makes a picture into a portrait? --dust jacket.
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…
"He is a Philosopher" : Individual versus Collective Identity -- Decent Exposure : Bosoms, Smiles and Maternal Delight in Female Portraits -- Between Innocence and Disillusion : Representations of Children and Childhood -- Transitional Identities : Family Structure, the Social O…
Introduction -- Poe's oval portrait -- The portrait's two faces: James's "The special type" and "The tone of time" -- The portrait painter and his doubles: Hoffmann's "Die Doppeltgänger", Gautier's "La cafetière", and Nerval's "Portrait du diable" -- On portraits, painters, and …