In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the
history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus
and the Christian tradition of ‘bearing witness’ to the
prolific self-image-making of today’s contemporary artists. Along
the way he reveals the importance of the medieval ‘mirror
craze’; the confessional self-portraits of Titian and
Michelangelo; the role of biography for serial self-portraitists
such as Courbet and van Gogh; themes of sex and genius in works by
Munch and Bonnard; and the latest developments in our globalized
age. Hall covers the full range of self-portraits, from comic and
caricature self-portraits to ‘invented’ or imaginary ones, and
looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have
created them. Offering a rich and lively history, this is an
essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly
popular and humane of art forms.
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