Artists' Self-Portraits

Introduction 23 1 The Artist's Signature The problem of identity from antiquity to the middle ages 29 2 Precursors to Alfred Hitchcock The self-portrait as an aside 49 3 "Je est un autre" The self-portrait as an historic figure 85 4 Created by Myself The self-portrait as a sign of intellectual autonomy 125 5 The Artist and His Double The contradictions of the mirror 161 6 Prominent Artists The self-portrait as a sign of celebrity 183 7 Questions of Genre Women and the self-portrait 215 8 Recurring Motifs The artist as a technician 249 9 Born under Saturn The self-portrait and private passions 283 10 Confessions The autobiographical self-portrait 315 11 Where Is the Image? The negation of the self-portrait 345 Conclusion 379 Notes 381 Bibliography 384 Index of Names 386