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Christa Döttingers reich illustrierter Essay über die History Portraits von 1995, der demnächst auch in einer englischsprachigen Ausgabe erscheinen wird. Unter dem Motto "Die Wiederkehr des Gemäldes nach dem Ende der Malerei" analysiert die Münchner Kunsthistorikerin Shermans originellen bis unverblümten Umgang mit Alten Meistern.

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"Cindy Sherman´s work is structured into series, the best known of which are History Portraits and Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), which led to Cindy Sherman´s artistic breakthrough. In History Portraits, the artist carries out radical transformations of Old Master paintings. Using make-up, cloth drapes, and prostheses, she photographs herself in the poses in which the Old Masters portrayed women.
Christa Schneider presents an art-historical analysis of the History Portraits. Identifying a clear model for every single portrait (e.g. Botticelli and Rubens, Fran‡ois Boucher and Jacques-Louis David), she reveals Sherman´s extremely precise and enigmatic method of working in which the artistic media employed by Sherman-photography and acting-are surprisingly compatible with painting."

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