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This is the first general and theoretical study devoted entirely to portraiture. Drawing on a broad range of images from Antiquity to the twentieth century, which includes paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, Richard Brilliant investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that is especially sensitive to changes in the perceived nature of the individual in society.<br> <br> The author's argument on behalf of portraiture (an
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- Author
- Richard Brilliant
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780231648
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Art, Literary Fiction, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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