Portraiture / Shearer West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

West, Shearer.

Series:

Oxford history of art.

Oxford history of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portraits--History.

Portraits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 What Is a Portrait?; Chapter 2 The Functions of Portraiture; Chapter 3 Power and Status; Chapter 4 Group Portraiture; Chapter 5 The Stages of Life; Chapter 6 Gender and Portraiture; Chapter 7 Self-portraiture; Chapter 8 Portraiture and Modernism; Chapter 9 Identities; Notes; Annotated Bibliography; Timeline; Websites; List of Illustrations; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-76002-8

0-19-151803-4

9780191518034

OCLC:

476259566