Thursday 12 November 2009

Research info on self portraits

I came across this website filled with information on self portraits and its history, i came across a couple artists I've never heard of before and there is alot of insight into the physiological theory behind portraits.

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~ivy/selfportrait/intro.html

Since the fifteenth century and the advent of the mirror artists have modeled for themselves in their own works of art. Whether it is an in-depth exploration of the artist’s own psyche or simply because as a model, the artist is clearly the cheapest and most available. Whatever the reason, nearly every artist, in every medium from painters to sculptors have attempted this exploration of self.



Jean Fouquet. Self-Portrait, 1450.



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