-The only book available which provides a comprehensive introduction to portraiture
-Beautifully illustrated throughout with 130 images, 86 in full colour
-Includes further reading
-Examines the many meanings, and uses of portraiture throughout the ages, providing much fascinating detail within a clear overview
-Includes a wide range of artists from Van Eyck and Holbein to Picasso and Frida Kahlo
-Only single-authored book at this price on the subject of portraiture
CONTIENE
·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
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