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- catalog abstract ""Shearer West traces the history of portraiture from the ancient world to the work of artists such as Tracey Emin and the Singh twins. She looks at the genre from a varity of perspectives, asking key question about its development. What is its function? How has it changed over the centuries? What problems do artists encounter in representing their subjects, and how have portraits been interpreted? Shearer West uncovers much intriguing detail about a genre that has often been seen as purely representational, and in doing so shows us how to communicate with the past in an exciting new way."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b13173540.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Shearer West traces the history of portraiture from the ancient world to the work of artists such as Tracey Emin and the Singh twins. She looks at the genre from a varity of perspectives, asking key question about its development. What is its function? How has it changed over the centuries? What problems do artists encounter in representing their subjects, and how have portraits been interpreted? Shearer West uncovers much intriguing detail about a genre that has often been seen as purely representational, and in doing so shows us how to communicate with the past in an exciting new way."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.".
- catalog description "What is a portrait? -- Functions of portraiture -- Power and status -- Group portraiture -- Stages of life -- Gender and portraiture -- Self portraiture -- Portraiture and modernism -- Identities.".
- catalog extent "256 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0192842587".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford history of art".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "704.942 21".
- catalog subject "N7575 .W47 2004".
- catalog subject "Portraits History.".
- catalog subject "Portraits Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Portraits.".
- catalog tableOfContents "What is a portrait? -- Functions of portraiture -- Power and status -- Group portraiture -- Stages of life -- Gender and portraiture -- Self portraiture -- Portraiture and modernism -- Identities.".
- catalog title "Portraiture / Shearer West.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".