Credit: Courtesy of James Rauchman
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Art Review: James Rauchman, River Arts

The ancients invented portraiture, but it wasn’t until the Middle Ages, apparently, that anyone thought to paint, draw or etch their own image. That’s because “it was an age preoccupied with personal salvation and self-scrutiny,” according to James Hall, author of The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History. We can draw a straight line to the photographic […]

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