Product Description: Curator Anthony Bond began building a contemporary international art collection at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney in 1984. The collection now features many important artists, including Anselm Kiefer, Antony Gormley, Francis Bacon, Anish Kapoor, Mike Parr, Doris Salcedo and Janet Laurence...read more

Product Description: An ambitious exploration of the self-portrait from inception in the early fifteenth century to the be ginning of the twenty-first century, this ground breaking book moves beyond the constraints of art history.

An ambitious exploration of the self-portrait from its inception in the late fifteenth century to the end of the twentieth, this book moves beyond the constraints of art history. With, 140 images from collections all over the world, this book includes pioneering essays on self-portraiture by leading art historians as well as informative analyses.