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Self-portrait - Vivisection of One's Own Image
Härtelová, Magdalena Jadwiga ; Konečný, Lubomír (advisor) ; Lahoda, Vojtěch (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dealing with self-portraiture as genre with concentration on inner processes regarding the concept of one's own individuality. These take place in the course of creation and manifest themselves in the resulting work of art. The essay contains four case studies analysing self-portraits of four artists throughout art history. A hypothesis is presented in the introductory chapter about two levels of self-portrait - a representational one and a latter one of deviations from original plan, where the self-transformation of creative process shows. The next chapter sums up different types of self-portraits as well as evolution of the genre. Instead of specific art works or artists it focuses on factors influencing perception of self, artists' status and the very self-portraiture as genre. In third chapter, ideological stand points are outlined. It concerns with the limits of objectivity, extent of individuality and temporality. Following is the body of the thesis. It is divided according to the three participants of self- portrait: author, object and viewer. Each chapter is sealed with a section regarding one of the tenses concerning work of art: The Past as a Setting, Visions of the Future and The Presence of Art. The part of the author deals with elements of settings prior to...

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