<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> This volume is dedicated to the genre of portrait across various media and its entire thematic range, from the middle-ages up to our time. Case studies by international authors examine a broad range of issues: from the exploration of the individual in the portrait, to the political function of the genre; from the stylization of the individual to mask, role, and type; and to the artists' strategies of presentation in the self-portrait.
