Portrait web
- 2. History of the Portrait
- 3. History of the Portrait Why do we make images of ourselves and others?
- 5. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt| noun
- 6. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt| noun 1. a work of art that represents a specific person.
- 7. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt| noun 1. a work of art that represents a specific person. portraits usually show what a person looks like as well as revealing something about the subject’s personality.
- 8. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt| noun 1. a work of art that represents a specific person. portraits usually show what a person looks like as well as revealing something about the subject’s personality. portraits can be made of any sculptural material or in any two-dimensional medium.
- 9. Rhinoceros, man, and bison. Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C.
- 10. Handprint, Chauvet Cave, France ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.
- 11. M.C. Escher (Dutch) Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935
- 12. Gabriel Orozco (Mexican) My Hands are My Heart, 1991
- 13. Figurine of a woman, Syros, Greece ca. 2500-2300 B.C.
- 14. Constantin Brancusi, (Romanian) Sleeping Muse, 1910
- 15. Gold funerary mask, Mycenae, Greece ca. 1650 B.C.
- 16. Damien Hirst (German) For the Love of God, 2007 A.D. a platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds, sold for $100,000,000
- 17. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian) ca. 1512
- 19. Albrecht Durer (German) Self-Portrait at 22, 1493
- 20. Albrecht Durer (German) Self-Portrait at 22, 1493
- 21. Albrecht Durer (German) Self-Portrait at 26, 1498 Self-Portrait at 22, 1493
- 22. Albrecht Durer (German) Self-Portrait at 26, 1498 Self-Portrait at 22, 1493
- 23. Albrecht Durer (German) Self-Portrait at 26, 1498 Self-Portrait at 22, 1493 Self-Portrait at 28, 1500
- 24. Noah Kalina (American) Noah K. Everyday 2000-Present
- 25. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian) Mona Lisa, ca. 1503-1506
- 26. Salvador Dali (Spanish) Self Portrait as Mona Lisa, 1954
- 27. Diego Velazquez (Spanish) Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), 1656
- 29. Pablo Picasso (Spanish) Self-Portrait, 1907
- 30. Frida Kahlo (Mexican) Two Fridas, 1939
- 31. Ron Mueck (American) Mask II, 2001
- 32. Ron Mueck (American) Crouching Boy in Mirror, 1999-2000