Portraiture

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This is the first general and theoretical study devoted entirely to portraiture. Drawing on a broad range of images from Antiquity to the 20th century, which incorporates paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, Richard Brilliant investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that may be especially sensitive to changes within the perceived nature of the individual in society.

The creator’s argument on behalf of portraiture (and he draws on examples by such artists as Botticelli, Rembrandt, Matisse, Warhol and Hockney) does not comprise a mere survey of the genre, nor is it a straightforward history of its reception. As a substitute, Brilliant presents a thematic and cogent analysis of the connections between the subject-matter of portraits and the beholder’s response – the response she or he makes to the image itself and to the individual it represents. Portraiture’s unusual longevity and resilience as a genre is a testament to the power of this imaginative transaction between the subject, the artist and the beholder.

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