A face to the world : on self-portraits / Laura Cumming
2009, First Edition. London : HarperPress. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #415020
ISBN: 0007118430
Physical description; 309 p. : colour illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-300) and index. Contents; Secrets -- Eyes -- Dürer -- Motive, means and opportunity -- Rembrandt -- Behind the scenes -- Velázquez -- Mirrors -- Performance -- Stage fright -- Loners -- Egotists -- Victims -- Pioneers -- Falling apart -- Farewells. Subjects; Artists ; Portraits History. Self-presentation in art. Self-portraits History. Portrait painting. Fine arts: treatments & subjects. Portraits in art. Biography: arts & entertainment. c 1500 onwards to present day.
Price: €125.00