Essays in Self-Portraiture : A Comparison of Technique in the Self-Portraits of Montaigne and Rembrandt
by
Andrew Small
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Renaissance and Baroque Studies and Texts
ISBN-10
0820427896
ISBN-13
9780820427898
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 1996
Print length
146 Pages
Weight
400 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.70 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
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Essays in Self-Portraiture is the first book-length study devoted entirely to comparing the written self-portrait of Montaigne with the painted self-portraits of another artist, Rembrandt. The author begins by examining the nature of self-portraiture, which he defines in relationship to biography, autobiography and portraiture. Thereafter he examines the origin and nature of self-portraiture as a toponymical phenomenon. By pairing specific self-portraits, the author compares Rembrandt and Montaigne in terms of courtiership and in terms of religious wisdom and ignorance. The book closes by showing how both artists used dissimilarity in their self-portraits. By selectively embracing and rejecting certain exemplars, Montaigne and Rembrandt constructed two of our most complete examples of the early modern self.
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