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Naturalistic Self-Portraits These self-portraits by European artists - Heemskerck from the 16th century and von Marées and Courbet from the 19th century - feature realism. hans von marées • heemskerck • gustave courbet • naturalistic self-portrait • 16th century
Some Reasons behind the (Self-)Portrait (Part 1) Part 1 of looking at possible reasons behind (self-)portraiture in late eighteenth-century France. Profiled in this article: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. vigée-lebrun • self-portrait • portrait • benoist • duchosal
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Albrecht Dürer Article on German artist Albrecht Durer , with links to sites featuring his woodcuts. article on german artist albrecht durer • with links to sites featuring his woodcuts.
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