ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Homelessness is a growing social issue in many countries. People often view such a problem as abstract, resulting in ignorance of the matter. It is a complex problem, requiring public acknowledgement and empathy to foster understanding and support for effective solutions. Art is a medium that can be used to raise awareness regarding this issue. The project employed a practice-based methodology, using Socially Engage…

Reference · Wikidata

representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Self-portraits are portraits artists make of themselves. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, it is not until the mid-15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves, as either the main subject or important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of…

Book · DOAB

Gauguin's exoticism, an inexhaustible source of mythical constructions, is subjected to a careful revision of the contemporary, complex interference between symbolist culture and the pressures of colonial policies. Different perspectives are adopted, from the analysis of the theme of the mask in self-portraits, to literary suggestions, to suggestions received from the Universal Exposition of 1889, up to a reinterpre…

Full text · Open Library

"The diptych format - comprising two panels hinged together so that they can be opened and closed like a book - was prevalent in Netherlandish art and depicted subjects ranging from secular portraiture to religious personages and stories. This illustrated book, the first ever devoted to the topic, examines approximately forty pairs of Netherlandish paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Featuring magn…

Image · DPLA

Landscape and figure are timeless, universal, and venerable motifs that compel constant and continued examination. This group of works employs form, movement, and spatial relations that are elements evident in both themes. I approach my subjects with a history of memories, an awareness of my surroundings, and my psychological state at the moment. These portrayals of life as I experience it may, in a sense, all be se…