UNIT 2
Self-Portrait
Subject -
presents himself monumentally a format traditionally used for depictions of Christ, the painting as a proclamation of the artist's individual identity and his role as creator
Composition -
half-length, frontal, and highly symmetrical, records his facial features with dispassionate accuracy, lack of a conventional background highlights the artist without regard to his time or place
Style -
principles of mathematics, perspective, anatomy and ideal proportions