{"product_id":"still-lives-death-desire-and-the-portrait-of-the-old-master-9780691164960","title":"Still Lives  Death Desire and the Portrait of the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelangelo was one of the biggest international art stars of his time, but being Michelangelo was no easy thing: he was stalked by fans, lauded and lambasted by critics, and depicted in unauthorized portraits. Still Lives traces the process by which artists such as Michelangelo, Durer, and Titian became early modern celebrities. Artists had been\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2016 Art Book Prize, Authors' Club \"In this fascinating publication, Loh (Univ. College London) employs a variety of strategies and material (20th-century French deconstruction; 21st-century vernacular and digital terms; cross-period parallels among artists and works; primary sources; the close study of paintings, drawings, prints, books, letters, medals, and sculpture) to make early modern artist self-portraits and their portraits painted by other artists accessible to contemporary readers... Loh's immersive readings of these works of art are original, detailed, nuanced, and often quite passionate, frequently emphasizing the vulnerability of artists and the difficulty of their work.\"--Choice \"[A] powerful and sometimes troubling book.\"--Giles Waterfield, Burlington Magazine \"[An] impressive book... In the world of social media saturated with Facebook and selfies, we may think that in 'managing our profile' we are shaping our portrait. After reading Maria Loh's engaging new study, one will never look at a portrait in the same way, much less believe that we exercise control over the potency and malleability of our image.\"--William E. Wallace, Renaissance Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUSER'S GUIDE ix  Getting Started ix  Basics xv  Advanced Features xvi  Troubleshooting xix  FAQs xx  Credits xxi  I. THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES 1  Me, Myself, and I 1  Losing Face (Damnatio Memoriae) 19  Face Value 30  Bad Hair Days 41  II. THE ARTIST'S BODY OF WORK 56  Body of Work 56  The Long Good-bye 60  Noli Me Tangere \/ Ostentatio Vulnerum 73  Not in a Good Place 87  All That Remains (Vestigium) 100  III. EXQUISITE CORPSE 113  The Pleasure of Disegno 113  Daydreamers in Plato's Cave 125  The Action Hero's Journey 135  The Exquisite Corpse 155  IV. A BODY TOO MUCH 171  Historical Fiction 171  Distant Voices, Still Lives 174  A Temple for All Gods 183  A Ghost Is Born 198  Science Fiction 207  POST\/FACE 226  Notes 235  Bibliography 273  Image Credits 293  Index 295","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403813986647,"sku":"9780691164960","price":43.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691164960.jpg?v=1730484623","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/still-lives-death-desire-and-the-portrait-of-the-old-master-9780691164960","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}