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Portrayal and the Search for Identity
Marcia Pointon
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Description for Portrayal and the Search for Identity
Hardback. An investigation of how we view and understand portraiture as a genre, and how portraits function as artworks within social and political networks. Num Pages: 240 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 848.
We are surrounded by portraits: from the cipher-like portrait of a queen on a bank note to security pass photos; from images of politicians in the media to Facebook; from galleries exhibiting Titian or Leonardo to contemporary art featuring the self-image, as with Jeff Koons or Cindy Sherman. In Antiquity portraiture was of major importance in the exercise of power. Today it remains not only a part of everyday life but also a crucial way for artists to define themselves in relation to their environment and their contemporaries. In Portrayal and the Search for Identity, Marcia Pointon investigates how we ... Read more
We are surrounded by portraits: from the cipher-like portrait of a queen on a bank note to security pass photos; from images of politicians in the media to Facebook; from galleries exhibiting Titian or Leonardo to contemporary art featuring the self-image, as with Jeff Koons or Cindy Sherman. In Antiquity portraiture was of major importance in the exercise of power. Today it remains not only a part of everyday life but also a crucial way for artists to define themselves in relation to their environment and their contemporaries. In Portrayal and the Search for Identity, Marcia Pointon investigates how we ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
847g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230412
SKU
V9781780230412
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About Marcia Pointon
Marcia Pointon is an independent scholar and research consultant; she is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Manchester, UK, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. She is author of Hanging the Head: Portraiture and Social Formation in Eighteenth-century England.
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