The subject in art : portraiture and the birth of the modern

The subject in art : portraiture and the birth of the modern / Catherine M. Soussloff.

Argues that the modern subject did not emerge from psychoanalysis or existential philosophy but rather within early-twentieth-century Viennese portraiture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Soussloff, Catherine M.
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
Series:	e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Portraits, Austrian > Austria > Vienna > 20th century. Subjectivity in art. Self (Philosophy) in art. Art > Historiography > 20th century. Art, Austrian > 20th century > Influence. ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure. ART > Subjects & Themes > Portraits. Art > Historiography Portraits, Austrian Self (Philosophy) in art Subjectivity in art Austria > Vienna
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: the subject in art
A genealogy of the subject in the portrait
The birth of the social history of art
The subject at risk: Jewish assimilation and Viennese portraiture
Art photography, portraiture, and modern subjectivity
Regarding the subject in art history: an epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index.