Portraiture

AvShearer West

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity, modernity, and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context.Shearer West uncovers much intriguing detail about a genre that has often been seen as purely representational, featuring examples from African tribes to Renaissance princes, and from 'stars' such as David and Victoria Beckham to ordinary people. In the process, she shows us how to communicate with the past in an exciting new way.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-04-08
Mått:168 x 238 x 15 mm
Vikt:482 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford History of Art
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780192842589

Utforska kategorier

Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Målarkonst inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Shearer West is Professor of Art History at the University of Birmingham. Her books include Chagall (Bison, 1990), The Image of the Actor: Verbal and Visual Representation in the Age of Garrick and Kemble (Pinter, 1991), The Visual Arts in Germany 1890-1940 (Manchester UP, 2000), and Fin de Si^e'cle: Art and Society in an Age of Uncertainty (Overlook, 1993). She is also the editor of The Bloomsbury Guide to Art (Bloomsbury, 1996).

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a fascinating book...gorgeous examples

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; 1. What is a Portrait? ; 2. Functions of Portraiture ; 3. Power and Status ; 4. Group Portraiture ; 5. The Stages of Life ; 6. Gender and Portraiture ; 7. Self-Portraiture ; 8. Portraiture and Modernism ; 9. Identities ; Notes ; Annotated Bibliography ; Index ; Museums and Websites