{"product_id":"seeing-ourselves-womens-selfportraits-9780500239469","title":"Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first chronicle of the whole story of female self portraiture through the centuriesa key work in the study of womens art For centuries  womens self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts  Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly diverse range of artists and portraits  spanning centuries  the critical analysis they deserve. In sixteenth-century Italy  Sofonisba Anguissola paints one of the longest series of self-portraits  from adolescence to old age. In seventeenth-century Holland  Judith Leyster shows herself at the easel as a relaxed  self-assured professional. In the eighteenth century  from Elisabeth Vige-Lebrun to Angelica Kauffman  artists express both passion for their craft and the idea of femininity; and the nineteenth century sees the art schools open their doors to women and a new and resonant self-confidence for a host of talented female artists  such as Berthe Morisot. The modern period demolishes taboos: Alice Neel painting herself nude at eighty years old  Frida Kahlo rendering physical pain on the canvas  Cindy Sherman exploring identity  and Marlene Dumas dispensing with all boundaries.  Frances Borzellos spirited text  now fully revised  and the intensity of the accompanying self-portraits are set off to full advantage in this new edition  now in reading-book format. 180 illustrations  130 in color\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275846967349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500239460","price":241.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500239469.jpg?v=1780516855","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/seeing-ourselves-womens-selfportraits-9780500239469","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}