Self-portrait

A Mexican Self-Portrait A Mexican Self-Portrait, a text written by various authors in the year 1855, is focused on the different lifestyles of the poor and rich woman in Mexico. The representations of women in Mexico for both high and lower classes in Latin America were very different. The text focuses on only a few social types of women in Mexico; mid-wife, seamstress, socialite and Mexican China. The written documentation of these women in this time period explains an immense account of…

“Self portrait” painted in 1640, only a few years after this, shows evidence of what these changes might have meant to the 34 year old Rembrandt and is painted for an entirely different purpose to that of plate 6. Plate 7 is markedly different and appears to…

In Self Portrait, Leyster exhibits the still life that is common in the Northern/Dutch Baroque period emphasizing on color and light. Leyster was best known for her happy scenes of couples, families, and Dutch social life, painted her subjects enjoying themselves through common everyday activities. Leyster’s painting displayed this and also shows a similarity in herself with the violinist in the background, both painted to display their profession and the simple enjoyment they both had in it.…

renowned and influential portrait artists. The Art Gallery of South Australia has curated an exhibit of the artist’s portraiture and drawing works. Robert Hannaford’s impact upon Australian Art can hardly be overlooked. A regular Archibald Prize finalist since 1994, he has painted the likes of former Prime Minister Paul Keating, Chancellors and Ministers within Parliament,…

that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won’t be able to give much information about who it is.”-Chuck Close. Chuck Close is a 77 year old artist, who is known for making realistic portraits of human faces using a grid technique. Most of the portraits he has created are non-life size. His “Big Self Portrait” piece, unframed, is 107-½ × 83-½ × 2. He has been through many depressing and significant events in his life, yet he still says he is the happiest man in the world, which is hard…

Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting Gentileschi used the symbols written in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia to personify females in her painting. The gold chain with pendant mask represents imitation The unruly hair strands represent “divine frenzy of artistic temperament” The garments with changing colors represent painter’s skill The themes of the painting were hard for male viewers to interpret but female viewers can identify themselves with the portrait. Pittura- “the…

this self portrait, called “Self portrait with Cropped Hair”, after she cut all of her hair off. The lyrics at the top of the picture say, “Look, if I loved you it was because of you hair. Now that you are without hair, I don’t love you anymore.” Since Diego loved her long hair so much, she cut all of it off. Even though she painted this a month after her divorce, they got back together a year after. This painting, called the “Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird”, was one of the 55 self portraits she…

invented in 1839, it quickly became the most influential medium as it is more connected with the reality compared to painting. It provides us a new way to explore questions of ourselves in relation to the world. As a dominant theme of photography, portrait photography practiced by many artists as the diversity of the subject matter. Like Andy Grundberg (1999, p.200) indicated that, “More than any other kind of images today, portraiture photographs seem able to speck to us directly, without any…

DESCRIPTION: 1) What is the complete title of the artwork? Self-Portrait with Calavera 2) Who is/are the artist(s) who created the artwork? Luis Jimenez 3) When was the artwork created? 1996 4) What kind of artwork is it (2D, 3D, sculpture, photograph, painting, print, etc.)? Self-Portrait with Calavera is a two-dimensional print. 5) What material(s) is it/does it appear to be made of? The artwork’s label reveals that Self-Portrait with Calavera is made through a soft-ground…

The artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady by Adrian Piper has influenced my own artwork Timeline in that the concepts, meanings and metaphors found in her artwork are not immediately identifiable. Although there is no influence of Pipers work on mine in terms of process, media or presentation, in this essay I will be discussing the confrontation that viewer experiences when faced with Pipers artwork Self Portrait As a Nice White Lady, my own artwork Timeline, and the ways in which both…