How to look at and understand great art. Episode 19, Self-portraits - how artists see themselves [digital video].

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Hirsh, Sharon L., presenter.

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Great courses (Streaming video)

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2011

2017

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The Great Courses, 2011.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

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1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

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Across the centuries, self-portraits fascinatingly reveal the changing role of the artist. Follow this progression, from Renaissance painters subtly placing themselves within large compositions, to self-portraiture's emergence as a major form of self-revelation, noting many dramatic and colorful traditions within the form.

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English