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Presents a comprehensive introduction to the major issues in the history of portraiture. The text's chapters are structured chronologically, progressing from the Italian Renaissance to Dutch 17th-century portraiture and on to Picasso, surrealism, Lucian Freud and Cindy Sherman.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction**2. The Sexual Construction of Identity**3. The Social Construction of Identity**4. Likeness and Identity**5. The Portrait Transaction**6. Identity and Truth**7. The Authority of Portraiture**8. Pre-figured Features

Portraiture Facing the Subject Critical

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 3/6/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719046148, 978-0719046148
      ISBN10: 0719046149

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a comprehensive introduction to the major issues in the history of portraiture. The text's chapters are structured chronologically, progressing from the Italian Renaissance to Dutch 17th-century portraiture and on to Picasso, surrealism, Lucian Freud and Cindy Sherman.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction**2. The Sexual Construction of Identity**3. The Social Construction of Identity**4. Likeness and Identity**5. The Portrait Transaction**6. Identity and Truth**7. The Authority of Portraiture**8. Pre-figured Features

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