Portraiture
by
West, Shearer.
Title
:
Portraiture
Author
:
West, Shearer.
ISBN
:
9780191518034
9781280760020
Personal Author
:
West, Shearer.
Publication Information
:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Series
:
Oxford history of art
Oxford history of art.
Contents
:
What is a portrait? -- Functions of portraiture -- Power and status -- Group portraiture -- The stages of life -- Gender and portraiture -- Self portraiture -- Portraiture and modernism -- Identities.
Abstract
:
This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity, modernity, and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context. - ;This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and h.
Subject Term
:
Portraits -- History.
Electronic Access
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