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Self-portrait; Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery: the portrait is the subject of a long poem in a poetry collection by Ashbery, both the poem and the collection of the same name. The book won all three of the major prizes awarded to collections by American poets.
Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror (c. 1524) – Oil on wood, diameter 24.4 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Portrait of a Collector (c. 1524) – Oil on panel, 86 x 94 cm, National Gallery, London; Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale (1524) – Oil on panel, 109 x 81 cm, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is a 1975 poetry collection by the American writer John Ashbery.The title, shared with its final poem, comes from the painting of the same name by the Late Renaissance artist Parmigianino.
The self-portrait supposes in theory the use of a mirror; glass mirrors became available in Europe in the 15th century. The first mirrors used were convex, introducing deformations that the artist sometimes preserved. A painting by Parmigianino in 1524 Self-portrait in a mirror, demonstrates the phenomenon.
Portrait of a Man (Parmigianino) P. ... Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror This page was last edited on 27 June 2022, at 19:13 (UTC). Text ...
They compare the painting with drawings which are probable self-portraits, particularly n. 790A in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth House (Self-Portrait and Study for the Frescoes at La Steccata), n. 2623 in the Albertina in Vienna (probably the source for the print of Vita di Francesco Mazzuoli by Vasari) and catalogue number 1858-7-24 ...
Lambert was influenced in the creation of this work by the late-Renaissance artist Parmigianino's 1520s painting Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror. [ 1 ] It is a jewel-like piece of painting, with the lustre of a looking-glass, in which Lambert explored the distinction between how things appear in the picture or in a mirror, or how they are in ...
Escher is not the first artist to explore mathematical themes: J. L. Locher, director of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, points out that Parmigianino (1503–1540) had explored spherical geometry and reflection in his 1524 Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, depicting his own image in a curved mirror, while William Hogarth's 1754 Satire on False ...