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Portraiture /

By: West, Shearer.
Series: Oxford history of art.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: 256 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plates ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0192842587; 9780192842589:; 9780192842589.Subject(s): Portraits -- History | Portraits | Portraits -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 704.942
Contents:
What is a portrait? -- Functions of portraiture -- Power and status -- Group portraiture -- The stages of life -- Gender and portraiture -- Self portraiture -- Portraiture and modernism -- Identities.
Summary: Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 704.942 WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0060110
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.

What is a portrait? -- Functions of portraiture -- Power and status -- Group portraiture -- The stages of life -- Gender and portraiture -- Self portraiture -- Portraiture and modernism -- Identities.

Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational.

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