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OverviewMichelangelo was one of the biggest international art stars of his time, but being Michelangelo was no easy thing: he was stalked by fans, lauded and lambasted by critics, and depicted in unauthorized portraits. Still Lives traces the process by which artists such as Michelangelo, Durer, and Titian became early modern celebrities. Artists had been subjects of biographies since antiquity, but Renaissance artists were the first whose faces were sometimes as recognizable as their art. Maria Loh shows how this transformation was aided by the rapid expansion of portraiture and self-portraiture as independent genres in painting and sculpture. She examines the challenges confronting artists in this new image economy: What did it mean to be an image maker haunted by one's own image? How did these changes affect the everyday realities of artists and their workshops? And how did images of artists contribute to the way they envisioned themselves as figures in a history that would outlive them? Richly illustrated, Still Lives is an original exploration of the invention of the artist portrait and a new form of secular stardom. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maria H. LohPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.446kg ISBN: 9780691164960ISBN 10: 0691164967 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 22 March 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsUSER'S GUIDE ix Getting Started ix Basics xv Advanced Features xvi Troubleshooting xix FAQs xx Credits xxi I. THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES 1 Me, Myself, and I 1 Losing Face (Damnatio Memoriae) 19 Face Value 30 Bad Hair Days 41 II. THE ARTIST'S BODY OF WORK 56 Body of Work 56 The Long Good-bye 60 Noli Me Tangere / Ostentatio Vulnerum 73 Not in a Good Place 87 All That Remains (Vestigium) 100 III. EXQUISITE CORPSE 113 The Pleasure of Disegno 113 Daydreamers in Plato's Cave 125 The Action Hero's Journey 135 The Exquisite Corpse 155 IV. A BODY TOO MUCH 171 Historical Fiction 171 Distant Voices, Still Lives 174 A Temple for All Gods 183 A Ghost Is Born 198 Science Fiction 207 POST/FACE 226 Notes 235 Bibliography 273 Image Credits 293 Index 295ReviewsIn this fascinating publication, Loh (Univ. College London) employs a variety of strategies and material (20th-century French deconstruction; 21st-century vernacular and digital terms; cross-period parallels among artists and works; primary sources; the close study of paintings, drawings, prints, books, letters, medals, and sculpture) to make early modern artist self-portraits and their portraits painted by other artists accessible to contemporary readers... Loh's immersive readings of these works of art are original, detailed, nuanced, and often quite passionate, frequently emphasizing the vulnerability of artists and the difficulty of their work. --Choice [A] powerful and sometimes troubling book. --Giles Waterfield, Burlington Magazine [An] impressive book... In the world of social media saturated with Facebook and selfies, we may think that in 'managing our profile' we are shaping our portrait. After reading Maria Loh's engaging new study, one will never look at a portrait in the same way, much less believe that we exercise control over the potency and malleability of our image. --William E. Wallace, Renaissance Quarterly In this fascinating publication, Loh (Univ. College London) employs a variety of strategies and material (20th-century French deconstruction; 21st-century vernacular and digital terms; cross-period parallels among artists and works; primary sources; the close study of paintings, drawings, prints, books, letters, medals, and sculpture) to make early modern artist self-portraits and their portraits painted by other artists accessible to contemporary readers... Loh's immersive readings of these works of art are original, detailed, nuanced, and often quite passionate, frequently emphasizing the vulnerability of artists and the difficulty of their work. --Choice Author InformationMaria H. Loh teaches art history at University College London. She is the author of Titian Remade: Repetition and the Transformation of Early Modern Italian Art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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