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500 Self-Portraits | 
 enlarge | Author: Julian Bell
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 115184
Media: Paperback
Pages: 548
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.8 x 1.7
ISBN: 0714843849
Dewey Decimal Number: 704.942
EAN: 9780714843841
ASIN: 0714843849
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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Product Description
A new version of a Phaidon classic published in 1937, this evocative and fascinating book, now issued as a paperback, presents 500 of the world's greatest self-portraits, arranged in a simple chronological sequence from ancient times to the late twentieth century. 'The mirror, above all - the mirror is our teacher,' wrote Leonardo da Vinci. Portraits are an endless source of fascination, responding as they do to the basic human impulse to look at faces and try to see into the character behind them. Self-portraits have the added fascination that comes from looking into the mirror and trying to study one's own face. Taking its inspiration from the classic Phaidon volume published in 1937 with the same title, this book presents an uninterrupted sequence of 500 self-portraits, in chronological order from ancient Egypt to the late twentieth century. The challenge of creating their own likeness has proved irresistible to artists, and included here are powerful and evocative works by many of the world's greatest painters and sculptors, including Durer, Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol. Each image is both a work of art and a study in psychology and self-perception.. Presented without commentary, these works speak for themselves - a compelling collection for every student of art and human nature.
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Great for art class and self interest March 11, 2008
Meagan Sokol (Manitou Springs, CO)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Is an excellenty little book to carry with you to art class. has some famous artists as well assome more obscure so definetly a toll for those who want to learn more.
A good collection December 4, 2006
Brian Asquith
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
An interesting collection of self portraits commencing with Ni-Ankh-Ptah (c. 2350 BC) through to Maurizio Cattelan (1997). The selction provides an interesting chronology of how portraiture has changed over the years. I'm uncertain as to which edition the previous reader has, as my version has 10 self portraits by Rembrandt. I would have liked to have seen more portraits by recent artists as the variation in how to approach the modern portrait is extensive compared with say the 17th C. The reproductions are good and the quality of paper is also good. The introduction by Julian Bell is well written and could have even been expanded upon further. It provides an excellent overview of how portraiture and art in general have changed over the centuries. A worthy book to have on the shelf - lends itself to random browsing.
Six self- portraits of Rembrandt are not enough October 31, 2006
Shalom Freedman (Jerusalem,Israel)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This work is based on an earlier collection of self- portraits made by the scholar Ludwig Goldscheider. It contains many of the great works in the self-portrait including six self- portraits by the artist whose signature is written most prominently on this type of work, Rembrandt. br /It is difficult to fault a work which has so many great paintings in it, but I do find a couple of problems with the volume. The introduction is small and inadequate and there is no explanatory text whatsoever. I also found disconcerting and unpleasant a number of the more recent paintings selected. br /I would also point, to what it seems to me, is an inherent inadequacy of a book of this kind. Rembrandt teaches us that the true - self- portrait of an artist is a long series of self- portaits, is a history and a life of the person. The single self- portrait made of one time can show a moment of a life, can represent a person as they would be represented, but cannot tell us the whole life. br /Six self- portraits of Rembrandt are not enough. br /
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