Portraiture

This fascinating new book explores the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points, and asks key questions about its nature. How has portraiture changed over the centuries? How have portraits represented their subjects, and how have they been interpreted? Issues of identity, modernity,and gender are considered within a cultural and historical context.

• | By (Author): Shearer (Professor of Art History, University of Birmingham) West
• | Series: Oxford History of Art
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 08, 2004
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0192842587
• | ISBN-13: 9780192842589