{"product_id":"myself-potraits-by-40-great-artists-9780711235526","title":"Myself: Portraits By 40 Great Artists","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf-portraits have been created by man from ancient times through to the Middle Ages and beyond, for many different reasons and in many different forms.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJuliet Heslewood, art historian and author of \u003cem\u003eMother\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLover\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChild\u003c\/em\u003e, brings together a compelling collection of artists'              self-portraits, and tells the stories behind each of the artworks featured. Looking at each work, considering its individual history and examining the motivations behind its creation can reveal much about the artist, and about the time and place in which it was made.               The images are shown chronologically, and the changing nature of the subject can be seen as time rolls forward over centuries to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom Durer, Da Vinci and Rembrandt, to Van Gogh, Matisse and Kahlo, the book features over forty self-portraits and provides a fascinating combination of biographical anecdote and art history.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFeatures work from the following collections:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLouvre, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMuse              e Picasso, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eV\u0026amp;A, London\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNational Gallery, London\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTate Gallery, London\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAshmolean, Oxford\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlte Pinakothek, Munich\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Art, Washington\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSistine Chapel, Rome\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUffizi, Florence\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePrado, Madrid\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRijksmuseum, Amsterdam               \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41081248448718,"sku":"9780711235526","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/products\/9780711235526_1.jpg?v=1679993335","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/myself-potraits-by-40-great-artists-9780711235526","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}