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A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits
Laura Cumming
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Description for A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits
paperback. Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 190 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1192.
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Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history.
Self-portraits catch your eye. They seem to do it deliberately. Walk into any art gallery and they draw attention to themselves. Come across them in the world’s museums and you...
Product Details
Publisher
HarperPress
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007118441
SKU
V9780007118441
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Ref
99-2
About Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming is art critic for the Observer. Previously, she was Arts Editor for the New Statesman and Arts Producer for the BBC.
Reviews for A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits
‘Deserves a place of honour on every art lover’s shelf…Tenderly, creatively written, jargon- and waffle-free, the book wears deep learning with an unaffected grace but touches…on truths beyond the protocols of art criticism.’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent ‘Intelligent, humorous, swinging freely between erudition and colloquialism. I immediately found myself at home in this book, feeling as though I’d been reading and...
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