This Is a Portrait If I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today

by Kathleen Campagnolo, Jonathan Frederick Walz, Anne Collins Goodyear

The first in-depth exploration of the rise and evolution of abstract, symbolic, and conceptual portraiture in American art

This groundbreaking book traces the history of portraiture as a site of radical artistic experimentation, as it shifted from a genre based on mimesis to one stressing instead conceptual and symbolic associations between artist and subject. Featuring over 100 color illustrations of works by artists from Charles Demuth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300211937
• ISBN13: 9780300211931
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.1"