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Self-Portraits (Hardcover)
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Self-Portraits (Hardcover)
Series: Basic Art Series
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List price R485
Loot Price R401
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You Save R84 (17%)
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The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful
of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this
collection brings together some of the best examples of
self-portraiture to explore the genre's evolution over the
centuries as well as the enduring questions of selfhood and
self-representation that have besieged human experience for
centuries before social media and the selfie. Is a self-portrait of
an artist a medium of reflection? Or is it merely a black void, the
"false mirror," as the Surrealist Rene Magritte entitled his 1928
painting of an eye? How much does it impart about contemporary
notions of beauty, power, and status? From Albrecht Durer to Egon
Schiele, Fra Filippo Lippi to Frida Kahlo, this far-reaching
collection explores the numerous ways in which artists have taken
themselves as subjects, the variety of ingenious methods and
perspectives they have used, and the intriguing questions they
raise. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has
evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published.
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art History series features:
approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions a
detailed, illustrated introduction a selection of the most
important works of the epoch, each presented on a two-page spread
with a full-page image and accompanying interpretation, as well as
a portrait and brief biography of the artist
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