The self-portrait: a cultural history

Introduction

Prelude: Self-Portraiture in Antiquity

1. Medieval Origins

2. A Craze for Mirrors

3. The Artist in Society

4. The Renaissance Artist as Hero

5. Mock-Heroic Self-Portraits

6. The Artist's Studio

7. At the Crossroads

8. Coming Home: Into the Nineteenth Century

9. Sex and Genius

10. Beyond the Face: Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Picture Credits

Index