Beyond the Face: New Perspectives in Portraiture

Beyond the Face: New Perspectives in Portraiture presents sixteen essays by leading scholars to introduce major new research that challenges traditional definitions and understandings of the field of portraiture. While serving as a general guide to the genre, Beyond the Face also introduces the reader to fresh methodologies with which to study the subject of portraiture. The authors are primarily interested in exploring new approaches to portraying identity and the human face and figure.