The Language of Portraiture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3806728 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles A Le Guin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 333-341 |
| Publication date | 1983-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0664 |
| OpenAlex | W1974089712 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the emergence of a common language for biography and portrait painting among writers and artists and their critics. Drawing heavily on artistic terminology, the language of portraiture expresses the correspondence between the goals of painters and biographers, and the common problems they have in realizing their aims
Art · Art history · Biography · Linguistics · Literature · Painting · Portrait · Terminology · Visual arts · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2015 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |