Vanitas: The circle of *intentions
What is the Self-Portrait of Thomas Smith about? In this dissertation I ask that question about a key work in the American art canon. In search of an answer I look for meaning in five outstanding details of the portrait: the subject's powerful blue eyes, the skull beneath his hand, the battle s...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2004
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3136727 |