Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Liddy Walseth Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Alamy The Art Gallery Collection World History Archive Artists Rights Society 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc Artists Rights Society ARS New York Art Resource Erich Lessing The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Bridgeman Art Library Samuel Courtauld Trust Chuck Close courtesy The Pace Gallery Corbis Bettmann Alexander Burkatovski Burstein Collection Gianni Dagli Orti Dreamstime Odyssei Getty Images Apic Will Crocker Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins Imagno Dorling Kindersley Leemage Jean-Francois Millet SuperStock Universal History Archive Vincent van Gogh iStockphoto 221A Oliver Childs Donald Erickson Erik Lam Martin McCarthy Josef Muellek Lee Pettet Duncan Walker The National Gallery Shutterstock 501room Subbotina Anna Jakub Krechowicz optimarc Chris Pole Bruce Rolff shooarts SuperStock Peter Willi Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Frisch Joy Portraits by Joy Frisch-Schmoll p cm Brushes with greatness Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A survey of the painting genre that focuses on intimate likenesses of human figures examining the genre’s Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN 978-1-60818-202-2 1 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-146-7 eBook Portrait painting I Title ND1300 F75 2012 origins and introducing its notable artists works and styles throughout history 757 dc23 2011040488 First edition 246897531 COVER SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BANDAGED EAR AND PIPE 1889 BY VINCENT VAN GOGH PAGE 2 DETAIL OF THE GLEANERS 1857 BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 4 14 26 37 14 13 25 35 45 46 47 48 CHAP TERS E A R LY T R I B U T E S A N D R E M E M B R A N C E S FROMPOPES TOPEASANTS THEGOLDENAGE OFPAINTING T H E C H A N G I N G F AC E O F P O R T R A I T U R E APPRECIATING ART T H E A R N O L F I N I M A R R I AG E MONALISA LASMENINAS S E L F-P O R T R A I T W I T H A S T R AW H AT RESOURCES G L O S S A RY SELECTEDBIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
andTributes Early Remembrances the art of portrait painting has been practiced for millennia for as long as people have wished to in ancient times In the art of early civilizations such as that of the Egyptians depictions of rulers and gods were celebrate and commemorate individuals plentiful Profile portraits of pharaohs Historically portrait paintings have and kings were added to many cultures primarily memorialized the rich coins which were usually carved in and powerful by depicting their stone or metal The highly stylized wealth charm and achievement portraits were typically designed to Over time portraits became adhere to the prevailing artistic style more common for middle-class of the age rather than to reflect a patrons who wanted their own true-to-life appearance The Egyptian remembrances Today’s portraits show tradition of funeral portraits which the faces and poses of people from lasted from the 1st century b c to the all walks of life capturing them in a 4th century a d involved decorating variety of artistic styles mummies with full-face portraits Portraiture’s history began of the deceased Painted on wooden 4
