John Singer Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, 1897. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Dr. Kathryn Calley Galitz of The Metropolitan Museum of Art discusses her new book, How to Read Portraits. A deceptively familiar genre, portraiture goes far beyond capturing a likeness and speaks to such fundamental human concerns as status, relationships, and identity.
From the strikingly naturalistic mummy portraits of Roman Egypt to Pablo Picasso’s Cubist abstractions, and from Rembrandt to Cindy Sherman, we look at how artists and sitters through the ages have engaged with the genre. This illuminating talk explores the meaning of portraiture across time and cultures and, by extension, what the art form reveals about the artist, the sitter, and ourselves.
How to Read Portraits by Kathryn Calley Galitz is published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press London (28 May 2024). Ticket holders will receive a code for 20% off the retail price of the book via website www.yalebooks.co.uk (RRP £19.95, offer price £15.96). UK orders only. Free UK P&P.
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