1998, ISBN: 0810941880

[EAN: 9780810941885], [PU: Harry N. Abrams, New York], EUROPEAN ART, SELF-PORTRAITS, FEMALE ARTISTS ; SELF-PORTRAITS, Maroon cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated d… More...

[EAN: 9780810941885], [PU: Harry N. Abrams, New York], EUROPEAN ART, SELF-PORTRAITS, FEMALE ARTISTS ; SELF-PORTRAITS, Maroon cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dj with pumpkin/white lettering. Tangerine end papers. 224 pp. with 240 illustrations, including 100 full-color plates. "This fresh, richly illustrated book is the first in-depth presentation of how women artists have chosen to picture themselves. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Borzello reconstructs an overlooked genre and provides essential contextual information. She moves on to sixteenth-century Italy, where Sofonisba Anguissola painted one of the longest known series of self-portraits, recording her features from adolescence to old age. In 1630, Artemisia Gentileschi depicted herself as the personification of painting, and at the same time in the Netherlands Judith Leyster portrayed herself at her easel, as a relaxed, self-assured professional. In the 1700s, women from Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman conveyed, each in her own way, ideas of femininity and the artist's passion for her chosen field. And in the nineteenth century, as the doors to art schools began to open to women, self-portraits by the likes of Berthe Morisot, Marie Bashkirtseff, and photographers such as Alice Austen resonated with a newfound self-confidence. Seeing Ourselves concludes with the breaking of taboos in the twentieth century. Paula Modersohn-Becker imagines herself pregnant in her fantasy nude of 1906; Alice Neel paints herself naked at the age of eighty; and Frida Kahlo explicitly renders her own physical pain in a self-portrait complete with nails piercing her skin. And in recent decades, Cindy Sherman explores identity by transforming herself over and over into a cast of different characters, posing the questions that all the women in this enthralling book have faced when "seeing" themselves." - dust jacket., Books<

1998, ISBN: 0810941880

[EAN: 9780810941885], [PU: Harry N. Abrams, New York], EUROPEAN ART, SELF-PORTRAITS, FEMALE ARTISTS ; SELF-PORTRAITS, Maroon cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated d… More...

[EAN: 9780810941885], [PU: Harry N. Abrams, New York], EUROPEAN ART, SELF-PORTRAITS, FEMALE ARTISTS ; SELF-PORTRAITS, Maroon cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dj with pumpkin/white lettering. Tangerine end papers. 224 pp. with 240 illustrations, including 100 full-color plates. "This fresh, richly illustrated book is the first in-depth presentation of how women artists have chosen to picture themselves. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Borzello reconstructs an overlooked genre and provides essential contextual information. She moves on to sixteenth-century Italy, where Sofonisba Anguissola painted one of the longest known series of self-portraits, recording her features from adolescence to old age. In 1630, Artemisia Gentileschi depicted herself as the personification of painting, and at the same time in the Netherlands Judith Leyster portrayed herself at her easel, as a relaxed, self-assured professional. In the 1700s, women from Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman conveyed, each in her own way, ideas of femininity and the artist's passion for her chosen field. And in the nineteenth century, as the doors to art schools began to open to women, self-portraits by the likes of Berthe Morisot, Marie Bashkirtseff, and photographers such as Alice Austen resonated with a newfound self-confidence. Seeing Ourselves concludes with the breaking of taboos in the twentieth century. Paula Modersohn-Becker imagines herself pregnant in her fantasy nude of 1906; Alice Neel paints herself naked at the age of eighty; and Frida Kahlo explicitly renders her own physical pain in a self-portrait complete with nails piercing her skin. And in recent decades, Cindy Sherman explores identity by transforming herself over and over into a cast of different characters, posing the questions that all the women in this enthralling book have faced when "seeing" themselves." - dust jacket., Books<

ISBN: 9780810941885

This fresh, richly illustrated book is the first in-depth presentation of how women artists have chosen to picture themselves. As Frances Borzello demonstrates, the number and variety of … More...

This fresh, richly illustrated book is the first in-depth presentation of how women artists have chosen to picture themselves. As Frances Borzello demonstrates, the number and variety of women's self-portraits are astonishing, as are the brashness and timidity, the pride and wit, and the intense emotions that stare out from these pages.Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Borzello reconstructs an overlooked genre and provides essential contextual information on the artists. She moves on to 16th-century Italy, where Sofonisba Anguissola recorded her features from adolescence to old age. Later, women from Artemisia Gentileschi (who depicted herself as the personification of painting) to Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun conveyed, each in their own way, ambition, ideas of femininity, and passion for their chosen field.Seeing Ourselves concludes with the breaking of taboos in the 20th century. Alice Neel's nude self-portrait at the age of 80, Frida Kahlo pierced with nails like a female St. Sebastian, and Cindy Sherman's repeated transformations of herself each address the questions that all the women in this enthralling book faced when "seeing" themselves. Media > Book, [PU: Harry N. Abrams]<