How to Look at and Understand Great Art - Season 1 Episode 19 Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Jan 01, 2011
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1 - 1The Importance of First Impressions Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 2Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 3Color—Description, Symbol, and More Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 4Line—Description and Expression Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 5Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 6Seeing the Big Picture—Composition Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 7The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 8Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 9Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 10Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 11Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 12Modern Printmaking—Planographic Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 13Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 14Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 15Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 16Subject Matters Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 17Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 18Portraits—How Artists See Others Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 19Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 20Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 21Putting It All Together Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 22Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 23Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 24High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 25Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 26Going Baroque—North versus South Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 2718th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 28Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 29From Realism to Impressionism Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 30Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 31Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 32Cubism—An Experiment in Form Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 33Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 34Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 35Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer Jan 01, 2011 -
1 - 36Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself! Jan 01, 2011
Overview
Across the centuries, self-portraits fascinatingly reveal the changing role of the artist. Follow this progression, from Renaissance painters subtly placing themselves within large compositions, to self-portraiture's emergence as a major form of self-revelation, noting many dramatic and colorful traditions within the form.
Year 2011
Studio The Great Courses
Director
Crew
Popularity 1.3535
Language English
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