Museum Resources about Self-Portraiture
- "Investigating Identity" - MoMADiscover how artists mine the concept of identity—and often challenge it—in their work.
- "Modern Portraits" [What is Modern Art?] - MoMALate-19th-century artists broke with tradition to create art for the modern age.
- Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art - Hood Museum of ArtA bunch of links to websites that provide information on the artists in the exhibition About Face: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Art (including Chuck Close, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Nikki Lee, Kiki Smith, Felix de la Concha, Rineke Dijkstra, and more).
Articles on the Self and Self-Portraiture
- "Self Portraiture" in Oxford Art OnlineYou will need to use your myLesley username and password.
Here are a several articles to get you thinking about self-portraiture.
- "What’s the Difference between a Selfie and a Self-Portrait?"The IRIS: behind the scenes at The Getty (blog)
- "Exploring Identity through Self-Portraiture"Barron, Rose M., "Exploring Identity through Self-Portraiture." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2006.
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/12 - "Seeing Themselves: Photographers' Self Portraits"Jessie Wender, The New Yorker, February 14, 2014.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/seeing-themselves-photographers-self-portraits - Honesty or Artifice: Self-Portraits at Turner ContemporaryReview of "Self: Image and identity – self-portraiture from Van Dyck to Louise Bourgeois" at Turner Contemporary, 2015.
By Martin Oldham, Apollo Magazine, 3 February 2015.
http://www.apollo-magazine.com/honesty-artifice-self-portraits-turner-contemporary/ - "Six Artists in Search of Themselves" - SmithsonianBeth Py-Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 September 2014. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/six-artists-search-themselves-180952739/?no-ist
Books about Self-Portraiture
Self-Portraits by Women Painters by Call Number: AIB: ND1329.3.A77 S45 1999ISBN: 1859284248Publication Date: 2000-01-01
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500 Self-Portraits by Call Number: AIB: N7618 .F58 2000ISBN: 0714839590500 of the world's greatest self-portraits, arranged in a chronological sequence from ancient Egypt to the late 20th century.
Reflections/Refractions: self-portraiture in the twentieth century by Call Number: AIB: N7619 .R44 2009ISBN: 0978846028Publication Date: 2009-04-16This book explores how modern artists view themselves and the world. Illustrations-drawings and paintings-are accompanied by lively, informative captions.
Portraits of the Artist: the self-portrait in painting by Call Number: AIB: ND1300 .B613 1985ISBN: 0847805867Publication Date: 1985-04-15
Self-Evidence by Call Number: Moriarty Library N7623.L5 S43 2004ISBN: 9780945506478Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Browse your Public Library
Art books are probably located in the 700s at your local public library -- that is, the call number on the book spine.
The Arts are divided by medium rather than subject, but here are some useful places to look. If you have trouble, just ask your librarian:
Browse the College Library
College and University libraries use a different system to organize books; it is based on the Library of Congress.
Art books have call numbers that begin with N and photography books have call numbers that begin with TR.
NB1293-1310 Portrait sculpture
NC1-1940 Drawing. Design. Illustration
NC950-(996) Illustration
ND1300-1337 Portraits (paintings)
NE218-(330) Engraved portraits. Self-portraits (printmaking)
NK1505-1535 Decorative arts, General works
TR624-835 Applied photography
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