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The Story of Self Portraits
What would Leonardo Da Vinci make of selfie culture? This is an impossible question, but it’s one you can’t help but wonder whilst reading
The Self-Portrait, a new book by Arts Council Collection Senior Curator Natalie Rudd. It’s part of Thames & Hudson’s
Art Essentials series, which charts the evolution of the genre over seven centuries. For Da Vinci and other Renaissance artists, the mirror was “a teacher”: the self-portrait was an outlet to fine tune and flaunt their skills. To the social media natives of today, the selfie is an everyday practice of non-verbal communication. ....

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