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The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History James Hall
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Jan 22, 2014 - It's a self portrait saying "I am so badass I can paint this with only two shades of white, three of gray, and no true black paint". Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940), one of the Ransom Center's most famous and frequently borrowed works of art, is on display through July 28. Apr 30, 2014 - James Hall The Self-Portrait: A cultural history Thames and Hudson 2014 £19.95. Dec 31, 2013 - Benjamin Franklin's closest sibling is revived in this sensitive rendering of the life of a woman of keen political insights, who had been nearly lost to history. Since 1990 the Displaying at World War I uniform at the Harry Ransom Center and a film series to complement “The World at War, 1914-1918” · Celebrate the culture of the '60s! A brilliant riff on self-help books, this meditation on identity, success, politics and celebrity transcends “rising Asia.” In Tan's first novel in eight years, a half-Chinese, half-American daughter learns who she really is while navigating the stratified, codified world of early 20th-century Chinese courtesan culture. Any painter in that era would look at that, and first see skill. May 23, 2014 - Born to an Iranian mother and a Kentish father, photographer Sarah Maple has contributed some arresting self-portraits exploring how women are portrayed in society, while Pakistani photographer Mahtab Hussain – no stranger to the mac – studies race to “humanise the British Muslim label”. Mar 11, 2013 - Explore art, history, science, and humanities all within walking distance. A 1978 portrait of “After I studied history at Bristol, I did my own PhD here, about the history of Handsworth – a work that was somewhere between cultural studies and history.