The Mirror & the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso

by Paloma Alarcó and Malcolm Warner

Book Overview

An unparalleled and beautifully illustrated account of the portrait in modern art

Portraiture is the unexpected survivor of the modern movement. Even as photography took over the role of recording likeness--and artists questioned the representational basis of art--almost all the most important artists of the 20th century experimented with portraiture, and many made it a central feature of their work. As the commissioned portrait became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300122519
• ISBN13: 9780300122510
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 4.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.7" x 11.3"