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Session 6 · July 13, 2025

Portraiture

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 2:30 p.m.

Artwork from the original syllabus for Portraiture.

Galleries

Readings

All readings are optional.

  • Shearer West, Portraiture (2004) Excerpt: Introduction and Chap. 1 Read online
  • Richard Brilliant, Portraiture (1991) Excerpt: Introduction
  • Leon Battista Alberti, On Painting (1436) Excerpt: Book 2 Read online
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