RENAISSANCE SELF-PORTRAITURE; THE VISUAL CONSTRUCTION of IDENTITY and the SOCIAL STATUS of the ARTIST; = Signed *

* * * * * : YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS , 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 1998 B00K: Fine/, . B00K: Fine/, $195.43 0300075960 RENAISSANCE SELF-PORTRAITURE; THE VISUAL CONSTRUCTION of IDENTITY and the SOCIAL STATUS of the ARTIST; = Signed * WOODS-MARSDEN, JOANNA YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1998 UnStated 1sT Edition White Spine With Title In Brown Letters, Dust Jacket: Very Good/, Shelf, Edge Stretching And Corner Ware. One 1/8" Finger Pull Tear On The Top Of The Spine. Tall And Wide Hard Cover BooK: Fine/, 270 Numbered Pages, That Were Lightly Read And Are Clean Tight To The Spine, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Ware. Corners Are Square. Top Of The Boards Have A Small Nick In Both. Gift Inscription, Signed By The Author With A Fine Tipped Black Pen As Follows, "To my valued colleague ou AR GL - it's been really good meeting you! Love Joanna 3/7/99". SYNOPSIS: "The Autonomous Self-Portrait, A Central Mode Of Expression In Western Art, Was A Renaissance Invention. This Book Explores For The First Time The Genesis And Early Development Of This Important Genre As It Took Place In Italy In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries. Joanna Woods-Marsden Examines A Series Of Self-Portraits In Renaissance Italy And Their Relation To The Social Status Of Art And Artists. She Argues That These Selfimages Represented The Aspirations Of Their Creators To Change The Status Of Art And Thereby Their Own Social Standing. The Book Provides A Rich Account Of The Intellectual And Social Context In Which The Italian Renaissance Artist Worked. At The Beginning Of The Fifteenth Century, An Individual'S Social Status Depended Upon His Occupation'S Proximity To -- Or Distance From -- Manual Labor. The Visual Arts, Unlike Literature Or Music, Were Defined As Manual, And Their Creators Were Considered Craftsmen. Seeking To Reclassify Art As Intellectual, The Artistic Community Denied The Role Played By Manual Execution In The Creation Of Art. Woods-Marsden Investigates How Artists From Mantegna And Alberti To Raphael, Parmigianino, Titian, Sofonisba Anguissola, And Annibale Carracci Constructed Themselves Pictorially And How They Used These Self-Representations. She Shows How Self-Portraits Mediated Between The Creators Artistic Self And His Or Her Renaissance Audience. Those Artists Who Experimented With Autonomous Self-Portraiture Usually Worked For Courts, Woods-Marsden Finds, And In The Highly Competitive Court Culture, The Artists' Celebrations Of Themselves In Self-Images Were Part Of Their Jostlings For Increased Social Recognition And Position". = = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*