书目

SeeingOurselves看到自己:女人的自画像

内容简介

Thisrichlydiverseexplorationoffemaleartistsandself-portraitsisabrilliantandpoignantdemonstrationoforiginalityinworksofhauntingvariety.Thetwoearliestself-portraitscomefrom12th-centuryilluminatedmanuscriptsinwhichnunsgazeatusacrosseightcenturies.In16th-centuryItaly,SofonisbaAnguissolapaintsoneofthelongestseriesofself-portraits,spanningadolescencetooldage.In17th-centuryHolland,JudithLeystershowsherselfattheeaselasarelaxed,self-assuredprofessional.Inthe18thcentury,artistsfromElisabethVigée-LebruntoAngelicaKauffmanexpressbothpassionfortheircraftandtheideaoffemininity;andinthe19ththesalonsandartschoolsatlastopentheirdoorstoahostoftalentedwomenartists,includingBertheMorisot,usheringinanewandresonantself-confidence.Themodernperioddemolishestaboos:AliceNeelpaintingherselfnudeateighty,FridaKahlorenderingphysicalpain,CindyShermanexploringidentity,MarleneDumasdispensingwithallboundaries.ThefullverveofFrancesBorzello’senthrallingtext,andthehypnoticintensityoftheaccompanyingself-portraits,isrevealedtothefullinacompletelyrevisededitionofthisinspiringbook.

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