portraiture & artist as self and the subject the desperate man, gustave courbet, oil on canvas,...
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Portraiture & Artist as Self and the Subject
The Desperate Man, Gustave Courbet, Oil on Canvas, 17.7 x 21.7” 1844=45
When were the first self-portraits made?
• Early Renaissance (15th)• Mirrors available! (quantity & quality)• Before that, religious AND royalty…
finally the common person AND the ARTISTS’ chance at documenting his/her person
Portrait of a man (self-portrait?) inscribed on frameOil on Panel10.2 x 7.5”1433
Adoration of the Magi, Sandro Botticelli can you locate artist? Tempera on wood, 111 x 134cm, 1475
Self_Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, Artemesia Gentileschi, Oil on Canvas, 38 x 29” 1638-9
Van Gogh’s Self portrait withbandaged ear1889
Dr.Gachet
Self_Portrait Paula Moderson-BecherTempera on Paper62 x 48cm1906
Self_Portrait withThornNecklace andHummingbird
Frida Kahlo’s Venadito 1946
Contemporary Portraiture
The Three Graces, Kehinde Wiley, Oil and enamel on canvas, 2005
Raphael, 1500 - 1505
Sandro Botticelli, 1444 – 1510
Officer of The Hussars, Oil on canvas, 108 x 108” 2007
Officer of The Hussars,Jean-Louis-Andre-Theodore GericaultOil on canvas1814
Dana Schutz, 2005
Yang Shaobin, 1993
Title Unknown, Yang Shaobin, 1997? No. 4, Yang Shaobin, 2001
In-class today: Self-Portraits!
A few tips first…
Proportions of the face
