2. History of the Portrait

3. History of the Portrait
Why do we make images of ourselves and others?

5. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun

6. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun
1. a work of art that represents a specific
person.

7. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun
1. a work of art that represents a specific
person.
portraits usually show what a person looks
like as well as revealing something about
the subject’s personality.

8. por•trait |ˈpôrtrət; -ˌtrāt|
noun
1. a work of art that represents a specific
person.
portraits usually show what a person looks
like as well as revealing something about
the subject’s personality.
portraits can be made of any sculptural
material or in any two-dimensional
medium.

9. Rhinoceros, man, and bison. Lascaux, France,
ca. 15,000-13,000 B.C.

10. Handprint, Chauvet Cave, France
ca. 30,000-28,000 B.C.

11. M.C. Escher (Dutch)
Hand with Reflecting Sphere, 1935

12. Gabriel Orozco (Mexican)
My Hands are My Heart, 1991

13. Figurine of a woman, Syros, Greece
ca. 2500-2300 B.C.

14. Constantin Brancusi, (Romanian)
Sleeping Muse, 1910

15. Gold funerary mask, Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1650 B.C.

16. Damien Hirst (German)
For the Love of God, 2007 A.D.
a platinum skull encrusted with 8,601
diamonds, sold for $100,000,000

17. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)
ca. 1512

19. Albrecht Durer (German)
Self-Portrait at 22, 1493

20. Albrecht Durer (German)
Self-Portrait at 22, 1493

21. Albrecht Durer (German)
Self-Portrait at 26, 1498
Self-Portrait at 22, 1493

22. Albrecht Durer (German)
Self-Portrait at 26, 1498
Self-Portrait at 22, 1493

23. Albrecht Durer (German)
Self-Portrait at 26, 1498
Self-Portrait at 22, 1493
Self-Portrait at 28, 1500

24. Noah Kalina (American)
Noah K. Everyday 2000-Present

25. Leonardo da Vinci (Italian)
Mona Lisa, ca. 1503-1506

26. Salvador Dali (Spanish)
Self Portrait as Mona Lisa, 1954

27. Diego Velazquez (Spanish)
Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor), 1656

29. Pablo Picasso (Spanish)
Self-Portrait, 1907

30. Frida Kahlo
(Mexican)
Two Fridas, 1939

31. Ron Mueck (American)
Mask II, 2001

32. Ron Mueck (American)
Crouching Boy in Mirror, 1999-2000