Picturing the Self
Changing Views of the Subject in Visual Culture
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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85771-565-4
- EAN: 9780857715654
- Produktnummer: 22576469
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 9'823 KB
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Gen Doy De Montfort University
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