Table of Contents

Introduction 23 1 The Artist's Signature The problem of identity from antiquity to the middle ages 29 2 Precursors to Alfred Hitchcock The self-portrait as an aside 49 3 "Je est un autre" The self-portrait as an historic figure 85 4 Created by Myself The self-portrait as a sign of intellectual autonomy 125 5 The Artist and His Double The contradictions of the mirror 161 6 Prominent Artists The self-portrait as a sign of celebrity 183 7 Questions of Genre Women and the self-portrait 215 8 Recurring Motifs The artist as a technician 249 9 Born under Saturn The self-portrait and private passions 283 10 Confessions The autobiographical self-portrait 315 11 Where Is the Image? The negation of the self-portrait 345 Conclusion 379 Notes 381 Bibliography 384 Index of Names 386

About the Author

Omarr Calabrese is a professor of art and semiotics at the University of Siena. He has also taught at Yale University, the Sorbonne, a university in Berlin and served as a curator for a number of television programs about art. He has written several books , including Neo-Baroque: A Sign of the Times (Princeton University Press) and edited Italian Style: Forms of Creativity (Skira) and other volumes.

Reviews

"Calabreses history of the form highlights its versatility." --The New York Times "Artists' Self-Portraits, a monumental yet lively study, encompasses the long and illustrious history of this piquant subset of the portrait form, which Italian art professor Calabrese traces back to antiquity, then forward into the modern era...His expert interpretations are illuminating, but it's the opportunity to revel in 345 gorgeous color reproductions and gaze into the eyes of such superlative artists as Albrecht Durer, Elisabeth Vigee-Labrun, Goya, Manet, Munch, James Ensor, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Frida Kahlo that makes the book such a transporting experience." --Booklist "Magnificently illustrated." --The New Criterion