Picturing the self
Subtitle: changing views of the subject in visual culture
By: Gen Doy
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Self; Art
Description: 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 asylu.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index