Art and Science of Portraiture

SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT, a promminent sociologist and professor, of education at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books including The Good High School, Balm in Gilead, and I've Known Rivers. Winner of the prestigious MacArthur Prize, Lawrence-Lightfoot was recently awarded Harvard's George Ledlie Prize given for research that makes the "most valuable contribution to science" and that "benefits mankind." She has been a Fellow at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. JESSICA HOFFMANN DAVIS is the Director of Arts in Education Concentration and a lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was the principal investigator of several arts projects at Harvard Project Zero. Her numerous publications include The MUSE (Museums Uniting with Schools in Education) Book and The Co-Arts Assessment Handbook.

• The Author ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction: The Frame xvChapter One: A View of the Whole: Origins and Purposes 1Chapter Two: Perspective Taking: Discovery and Development 19Chapter Three: On Context 39Illumination: Framing and Terrain 41Implementation: Setting the Site 60Artistic Refrain: Priming the Canvas 74Chapter Four: On Voice 83Illumination: Expressing a Point of View 85Implementation: Defining the Lens 106Artistic Refrain: Negotiating Perspective 124Chapter Five: On Relationship 133Illumination: Navigating Intimacy 135Implementation: Delaring Boundaries 160Artistic Refrain: Representing Rapport 175Chapter Six: On Emergent Themes 183Illumination: Searching for Patterns 185Implementation: Naming Convergence 215Artistic Refrain: Defining Form 232Chapter Seven: On Aesthetic Whole 241Illumination: Shaping the Story 243Implementation: Composing the Narrative 261Artistic Refrain: Achieving Balance 275References 283Index 289