history of self portraiture
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• A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.
• In the 15th century, artists first started frequently depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work.
One of the earliest self-portraits ever made: Man with Turban by Jan Van
Eyck, 1433
• With better and cheaper mirrors, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of self-portraiture.
• Durer was one of the first artists to systematically do self portraits over the course of his life
Albrecht Durer – Self-Portrait Age 13, 1484