The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History James Hall
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

3 days ago - A self-portrait by Leonardo. If you are interested in the history of self- portrait, pick up a book by James Hall titled "Self-portrait: A cultural history". Exactly what is a Germany divided? Mar 30, 2014 - Peter Conrad's review in The Guardian yesterday of Jame Hall's book The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History begins in the middle ages . €DNA Study” tugs at issues of identity, personal history and self awareness, matters the artist has explored over the past 40 years. According to the gallery, “In his self-portraits, Binion layers photocopies from his address book from the 1970s into collaged tiles, creating geometric fields of abstract color. The exhibition The fractured nature Penck's 'Self-Portrait'(1975) created with smudged dots of black and grey ink outline the form of his face, but give no sense of the details that might show him as a unique, fully-formed individual. 1 day ago - His entire collection documents the process of individuals rethinking their cultural history from a space of displacement. Were painted by artists to show sitter's beauty, character, position in society or to commemorate their lives. Born the lowly son of a notary, da Vinci couldn't So he turned his sights toward Milan, then ruled by Ludovico Sforza, who hoped to make Milan a cultural capital on par with Florence and Venice. May 25, 2014 - Culture Type McArthur Binion, a Chicago artist and professor at Columbia College who was the first African American to earn an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Such was the case back in the 1480s, when a young Leonardo da Vinci was coming up in Florence. As the best cover letters do, it tailored his career history to his employer's needs. Mar 31, 2014 - James Hall's history of self-portraits illuminates our narcissistic age of the selfie, writes Peter Conrad. Even a Renaissance man is occasionally on the job hunt.