Sixty of the world’s most famous artists’ self-portraits are shown in full-page reproductions. Each includes a biography of the artist; an in-depth examination of the portrait details; and how it reflects the artist’s personality, ideas, and place in the history of art. These 180 color images offer the most intimate glimpses of these great artists’ personalities and how they saw themselves.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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Impassive and watchful beneath his extraordinary headgear, the middle-aged man gazes skeptically out of the picture, as if weighing up the spectator. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leading portraitist, metaphysical painting, first impressionist exhibition, equestrian portraits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, World War, Royal Academy, Old Masters, Berthe Morisot, Hans Holbein, Claude Monet, Joshua Reynolds, William Holman Hunt, Gustav Klimt, Holy Roman, King Philip, Norman Rockwell, Sofonisba Anguissola, Diego Rivera, Las Meninas, Paul Gauguin, Self Portroit, World Fair, Giovanni Bellini, King Henry, King Louis Philippe, National Gallery, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, The Persistence of Memory New!
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Impassive and watchful beneath his extraordinary headgear, the middle-aged man gazes skeptically out of the picture, as if weighing up the spectator. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
leading portraitist, metaphysical painting, first impressionist exhibition, equestrian portraits Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, World War, Royal Academy, Old Masters, Berthe Morisot, Hans Holbein, Claude Monet, Joshua Reynolds, William Holman Hunt, Gustav Klimt, Holy Roman, King Philip, Norman Rockwell, Sofonisba Anguissola, Diego Rivera, Las Meninas, Paul Gauguin, Self Portroit, World Fair, Giovanni Bellini, King Henry, King Louis Philippe, National Gallery, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, The Persistence of Memory New!
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- Van Dyck by Christopher Brown on page 52, and Back Matter
- The Analysis of Beauty (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis) by William Hogarth on page 65, and page 67
- The Blue Guitar: Etchings by David Hockney Who Was Inspired by Wallace Stevens Who Was Inspired by Pablo Picasso by Wallace Stevens on page 233, and page 235
- Max Ernst (Museum of Modern Art) by William S. Lieberman on page 220
- John Singleton Copley by James T. Flexner in Back Matter
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