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James Hall on The Self-Portrait

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Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer, and broadcaster James Hall's lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including such artists as Dürer, Gentileschi, Van Gogh, and Kahlo. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across... Read More
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James Hall on The Self-Portrait

Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer, and broadcaster James Hall's lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, focusing on artists including Dürer, Gentileschi, Van Gogh, and Kahlo.

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Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer, and broadcaster James Hall's lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including such artists as Dürer, Gentileschi, Van Gogh, and Kahlo.

Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series celebrates writers and thinkers who have helped shape the conversation across the arts. Mixing classic and contemporary texts, reissues, and abridgements, these are bite-sized, fully illustrated reads in an attractive, affordable, and highly collectable package.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500027271

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 May 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 27 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 116.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 88

About the Author

James Hall is an art historian, lecturer and broadcaster, and is a visiting research fellow at the University of Southampton. He is the author of four critically acclaimed books, including The World as Sculpture: The Changing Status of Sculpture from the Renaissance to the Present Day and The Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art.

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