Description
Book SynopsisSuspended between likeness and strangeness, portraiture can identify an individual only at the moment of its advancement and withdrawal. Examining 36 portraits across two millennia, Nancy shows how, despite photograph’s ubiquity, the forms of appearing that define the portrait continue to mark the bodies and representations that dominate our world.
Table of ContentsPreface to the English- Language Edition vii
Introduction: The Subject of the Portrait 1
Jeffrey S. Librett
The Look of the Portrait
The Autonomous Portrait 13
Resemblance 21
Recall 29
Look 36
The Other Portrait
L’altro ritratto 47
Character 51
The Eye 54
Visageity 56
Mimesis 59
Withdrawn Presence 63
Ipseity 67
Theophany 72
Revelation 76
Divine Abandonment 81
Dis- figuration 84
Eclipse 89
Infinite Detachment 93
Coda I 99
Coda II 101
Coda III 104
Notes 109
List of Figures 125
