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    This document provides an overview of the history of self-portraits in art from ancient times to the present. It discusses how self-portraits began as self-studies and skill-building exercises for artists and have also served purposes of self-exploration, documentation, and expression. The document then highlights examples of self-portraits from various eras, such as Jan Van Eyck's 1433 portrait and works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Samuel Fosso, and Jen Davis. It concludes by outlining the "Love Your Selfie Project," which challenges students to create a series of thoughtful self-portraits using compos

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    This document provides an overview of the history of self-portraits in art from ancient times to the present. It discusses how self-portraits began as self-studies and skill-building exercises for artists and have also served purposes of self-exploration, documentation, and expression. The document then highlights examples of self-portraits from various eras, such as Jan Van Eyck's 1433 portrait and works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Samuel Fosso, and Jen Davis. It concludes by outlining the "Love Your Selfie Project," which challenges students to create a series of thoughtful self-portraits using compos

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    Love Your Selfie

    History, Purpose, and Project

    Is a selfie new?
    Theselfieis a smartphoneproduced version of the selfportrait, which has been a staple
    of art and photography history
    since artists first began seeing
    examining their own images in
    the mirror.

    Selfies are actually Self Portraits


    but, why are they a thing and why
    have they always been a thing?
    Skill building- drawing, painting, photography,
    sculpture
    Self Studies
    Self exploration
    Exploration of ideas with the most available model

    Documentation
    Etc.

    Obviously, self-portraiture is an expressive outlet


    that can lead an artist down many different
    roads. But a successful self-portrait, like any
    other piece of art, starts with a meaningful,
    sincere idea from the artist. Self-expression isnt
    any one thing. It can be geared toward a realistic
    depiction of your face and physicality, or less so.
    Most of all, artists need to push to design and
    imagine without limits, strengthening their own
    creative points of view. - Courtney Jordan
    http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/artistdaily/archive/2013/05/10/what-artists-reveal-with-self-portraits.aspx

    15

    th

    Century

    Portrait of a Man, Jan Van Eyck, 1433

    Mirror History
    Mirrors in ancient times were typically just small
    pools of collected water with the vessel containing
    the water having a dark color to it.
    As early as 6000 BC in Turkey people started
    manufacturing non-water mirrors. These early
    mirrors were usually made of obsidian, which is a
    naturally occurring volcanic glass. These pieces of
    obsidian would be cut appropriately and highly
    polished to give off a reflection.
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/the-first-mirrors-were-simply-water-placed-in-a-darkly-coloredvessel/

    Around 4000 BC, the first polished copper mirrors


    started showing up in Mesopotamia. Around 2000
    BC, the Chinese began manufacturing similar bronze
    mirrors.
    Fast forward to around the 16th century in Venice, and
    we see the first examples of glass mirrors with tinmercury backings, which produced reflections very
    similar in quality to the mirrors we have today. These
    mirrors were ridiculously expensive due to their high
    quality, expensive materials, and how fragile they were
    for the types of transport available at the time.
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/the-first-mirrors-were-simply-water-placed-in-a-darkly-coloredvessel/

    Eventually, the French succeeded in learning how the


    Venetian glass makers made the mirrors and once they
    started producing them, it drastically lowered the price of
    mirrors in Western Europe.
    The silvered-glass mirrors we use today were invented by
    German Chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835. He was able to
    create an extremely thin layer of silver on glass through the
    chemical reduction of silver nitrate. This process led to
    greater availability of affordable mirrors, making high quality
    mirrors available to the masses for the first time in history.
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/the-first-mirrors-were-simply-water-placed-in-a-darkly-coloredvessel/

    Late 15

    Year: 1498

    Age 22

    th

    Early 16

    Year: 1498

    th

    Age 26

    Albrecht Drer

    Century

    Year: 1500

    Age 28

    16th Century
    Leonardo da Vinci
    Self Portrait, 1512

    17 Century
    th

    El Greco, 1604

    17 Century Rembrandt van Rijn


    th

    SELF PORTRAIT WITH


    GORGET AND BERET
    c. 1629

    SELF PORTRAIT WITH A


    WIDE-BRIMMED HAT
    1632

    SELF PORTRAIT WITH


    TWO CIRCLE
    c. 1665-1669

    18

    th

    Century

    Vige Le Brun

    1794

    1789
    1790

    19

    th

    Century

    Vincent Van Gogh, 1889

    20

    th

    Century

    Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo

    20

    th

    Century

    Cindy Sherman

    Untitled #96,
    1981
    Untitled #14,
    1978

    Cindy Sherman History Portraits

    Untitled #95. 1981

    Untitled #137. 1984

    Untitled #359. 2000

    Untitled #458. 200708

    Portrait of Cindy Sherman

    Cindy Sherman
    Martin Schoeller
    Digital C-print, 2000

    Late 20

    th

    Century

    Samuel Fosso

    Self-Portraits from the 1970s, 1977.

    The Golf Player, 1997.

    e rve de mon grand-pre, 2003.

    Emperor of Africa, 2013

    Samuel Fosso

    African Spirits, 2008.

    amuel Fosso, Self-Portrait, 1999.

    2002

    21 Century
    st

    Jen Davis

    2003

    Jen Davis

    2005

    2005

    Jen Davis

    2005

    2003

    Jen Davis

    2005
    2010

    2013

    How to take a selfie


    Hold the camera/phone yourself and
    play around with angles.
    USE A TIMER ON THE CAMERA
    If you dont know how to do this, ask
    No, you may not let anyone take the
    photo for you- because then it is not
    your photo- it is theirs.

    To get more ideas


    Google: Photography Self
    Portrait
    Do not use the word selfie
    unless you are looking for
    duck face and bathroom
    shots.

    No, just no.

    18 Self Portraits to
    Inspire

    http://digital-photography-school.com/18-stunning-self-portraits/

    Love Your Selfie Project


    Research ideas: look online and get inspired!
    Draw 10 thumbnail sketches to get ideas: Due
    Friday, December 5th
    Make a series of MEANINGFUL AND SINCERE
    self portraits in the same setting at multiple
    angles- at least 5 different angles.
    Ulitize: Rule of Thirds, Rule of Simplicity,
    Strong Tonal Range- Good Lighting, Line,
    Texture, etc.

    More on Love Your Selfie Project


    You will be making a contact sheet of your
    entire photo-shoot. Take multiple photos of
    the same view. I must see your out-takes!
    You will submit:
    1 photo in black & white and 1 in
    color
    Unedited photos due Monday,

    Contact
    Sheet

    Scholarship Opportunity- Lets do this!


    Register on artandwriting.org now!
    Your work could be shown at CSUSB!
    Choose a photo you would like to
    submit.
    Youll receive extra credit for
    submitting a photograph!

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