ARTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lamassu, Dur-Sharrukin, Xu Beihong
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Irene winter is addressing the question of whether we can call the statues of gudea etc portraits (article) What is our notion of a portrait and what does it do according to art historians. Can we apply this category to ancient images. Portraiture is based in european tradition- age of enlightenment - importance of facial features and identi cation. Good example of scholarship because she presents a question and goes through a whole process of argument. In the end she decides that yes she will call them portraits. The argument of portraiture throughout history and different geographical locations are what is the important aspect of this argument. ^ very smooth symmetrical features, doesn"t look like a person. Winter does not think about it much from the view of physical features and likeness but more how to recognize it and how it is represented.
