Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits

by Frances Borzello

Book Overview

For centuries, women's self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly diverse range of artists and portraits, spanning centuries, the critical analysis they deserve. In sixteenth-century Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola paints one of the longest series of self-portraits, from adolescence to old age. In seventeenth-century Holland,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500239460
• ISBN13: 9780500239469
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"