How to look at and understand great art. Episode 19, Self-portraits - how artists see themselves.

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FilmPublisher number: 1525760 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2011Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

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Summary: Across the centuries, self-portraits fascinatingly reveal the changing role of the artist. Follow this progression, from Renaissance painters subtly placing themselves within large compositions, to self-portraiture's emergence as a major form of self-revelation, noting many dramatic and colorful traditions within the form.

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Across the centuries, self-portraits fascinatingly reveal the changing role of the artist. Follow this progression, from Renaissance painters subtly placing themselves within large compositions, to self-portraiture's emergence as a major form of self-revelation, noting many dramatic and colorful traditions within the form.

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