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Understanding Western Art

Summary

In a second look at portraiture, investigate the ways in which artists have used self-portraits to accomplish many things, from showing their skill and promoting themselves to deep self-reflection. In Las Meninas (1656), see Velázquez's ingenious melding of a self-portrait with a royal portrait. In the 20th century, experience the raw intimacy and vulnerability of Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas.

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