Self Portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary

by Anthony Bond, T.J. Clark, Joanna Woodall

With 140 images from collections all over the world, from Van Eyck to Chuck Close, this book includes pioneering essays on self-portraiture by leading art historians as well as informative analyses of almost sixty major works. The artists are shown constructing their identity, setting the scene for their life and times and above all showing themselves as creative individuals often captured in the act of conjuring their own image in the studio.

Genres: Art

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006