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Icons and identities / edited by Rab MacGibbon and Tanya Bentley.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)--Exhibitions.
- National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain).
- Portraits--Exhibitions.
- Portraits.
- Portrait painting--Exhibitions.
- Portrait painting.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages : illustrations (color and black and white) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : National Portrait Gallery, 2021.
- Summary:
- Drawing on the outstanding collection of the National Portrait Gallery, this volume celebrates the variety and complexity of portraiture. The National Portrait Gallery holds the world's most extensive collection of portraits: a museum of people, a gallery of stories and ideas, and a home of artistic masterpieces. Icons and Identities draws together icons from Shakespeare to Audrey Hepburn alongside less well-known sitters that provide insight into the representation of identity in portraits. It also includes some intriguing surprises to reflect the diversity of the National Portrait Gallery's collection and to introduce audiences around the world to exceptional portraits of many kinds. 'Icons and Identities' shows how artists, working across mediums, have revealed the visually stimulating and intellectually vibrant tradition of portrait making. The book is structured around a series of key themes and each section includes a selection of works from a range of periods.
- Contents:
- Icons and identities / Rab MacGibbon
- Fame
- Power
- Love and loss
- Identity
- Innovation
- Self-portrait.
- Notes:
- Published to accompany exhibiton held at National Art Portrait Gallery, London, and will tour to National Museum of Korea and Fries Museum in the Netherlands.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1855147181
- 9781855147188
- OCLC:
- 1228477162
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