A lively and accessible introduction to self- portraiture, reflecting on the work of over sixty artists from the Renaissance to the present day. After six centu

Maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of t

This book demonstrates how artists have radically revisited the genre of the self-portrait by using a range of technologies and media that mark different phases

Investigates the literary self-portrait genre. From St Augustine to Montaigne, and from Nietzsche to Barthes, individual self-portraits are analyzed along with

Self-portraiture is a remarkably rich and varied genre, acting for centuries as a means for artists to explore their inner and outer selves. This book looks dee