The Self-Portrait: Art Essentials - Softcover

Rudd, Natalie

 
9780500295816: The Self-Portrait: Art Essentials

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After six centuries, self-portraiture shows no sign of losing its ability to capture the public imagination. Self-portraits have the power to illuminate a range of universal concerns, from identity, purpose, and authenticity, to frailty, futility, and mortality.The Self-Portrait

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Natalie Rudd is senior curator of the UK's Arts Council Collection. She has published monographs on the artists Peter Blake, Tess Jaray, and Paul de Monchaux, among others, and is the author of The Self-Portrait in the Art Essentials series.

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Self-portraiture shows no sign of losing its ability to capture the public imagination. Given our current proclivity to snap and share 'selfies' in seconds, it is unsurprising to find a renewed interest in the genre among general audiences and students. Self-portraits have the power to illuminate a range of universal concerns, from identity, purpose and authenticity, to frailty, futility and mortality. In this volume, curator Natalie Rudd expertly casts fresh light on the self-portrait and its internationa

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