Picturing the Self: Changing Views of the Subject in Visual Culture - Softcover

Doy, Gen

 
9781850434139: Picturing the Self: Changing Views of the Subject in Visual Culture
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ISBN 10: 1850434131 ISBN 13: 9781850434139
Publisher: I.B. Tauris, 2004

Synopsis

Ideas of selfhood, from Descartes' theory of "I think therefore I am" to postmodern notions of the fragmented and de-centred self, have been crucial to the visual arts. Gen Doy explores this relationship, from Holbein's "Ambassadors" and the early modern period up to and beyond Marc Quinn's "Self" (Blood Head). Arguing that the importance of subjectivity for art goes far beyond self-portraits, she explores such topics as self-expression; the self, work and consumption; self-presentation; photography and the theatre of the self; the marginalized - beggars and asylum seekers - and "the real me". A wide range of artists, including Tracey Emin, Jeff Wall, Eugene Palmer and Karen Knorr, are discussed, as well as historical material from earlier periods.

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Gen Doy De Montfort University

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1850434131
ISBN 13 
9781850434139
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304

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