Portrayal and the Search for Identity

by Marcia Pointon, Joseph Iano, Edward Allen

We are surrounded with portraits: from the cipher-like portrait of a president on a bank note to security pass photos; from images of politicians in the media to Facebook; from galleries exhibiting Titian or Leonardo to contemporary art deploying the self-image, as with Jeff Koons or Cindy Sherman. In antiquity portraiture was of major importance in the exercise of power. Today it remains not only a part of everyday life, but also a crucial way for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780230419
• ISBN13: 9781780230412
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"