Architecture manifests how the society at any one time feels about itself.
Peter Eisenman, “On Architecture,” 2016
Joseph Ducreux, Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur, c. 1793
Joseph Ducreux, Self-Portrait (Yawning), c. 1783
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, c. 1630
When I say self-portrait, it's a very poetical approach, because in any case where I'm trying to copy or reproduce my face, it's more the concept in which we can dream about our perfect conditions; that means what could be our home, or our relationship with others, or what could protect me from society. In most of my work I'm trying to explore myself in those ideas and in some of them that is more evident.
Jaume Plensa, "Lecture at Davidson College," Davidson, NC, 2014
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Richard Gerstl, Self-Portrait, 1904
Lothar Wolleh, Self-Portrait in Front of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 1964
Gilbert Stuart, Self-Portrait, c. 1788