What is a Self-portrait?

'What is a Self-Portrait?' features well-known examples of fine art and discusses how artists reveal themselves through their self-portraits.

Eye for I: video self-portraits
By Bellour, Raymond, Independent Curators Incorporated, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Eye for I: video self-portraits
Eye to I: Self Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery
By National Portrait Gallery, Brandon Brame Fortune
This richly illustrated book features an introduction by the National Portrait Gallery's chief curator and nearly 150 insightful entries on key self-portraits in the museum's collection.
Glenn Ligon: Figure
By Wayne Koestenbaum, Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon: Figure
A Face to the World: On Self-portraits
By Laura Cumming
A work of remarkable depth, scope and power, this is a book for anyone who has ever wondered about the strange dichotomy between the innermost self and the self we choose to present for posterity -- our face to the world.
Cézanne: The Self-portraits
By Steven Platzman
"Platzman writes very well; the text is skillfully balanced over the several decades of Cezanne's life, rich in appropriate descriptive language, and, merci Dieu!, free of academic jargon.
Me, Myself, I: Artists' Self-portraits
By Tessa Jackson
This book brings the discussion up to date by exploring current questions of identity and why self-portraiture continues to be relevant today.