Naslov
Anthropocentrism and solipsism in photographic self-portraits of Edvard Munch

Autori
Peraica, Ana

Izvornik
Photographies (Abingdon, England) (1754-0763) 15 (2022), 2; 187-203

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Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
photography, selfie, Munch

Sažetak
Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Share icon More Share Options Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage Log in | Register Cart Home All Journals photographies List of Issues Volume 15, Issue 2 Anthropocentrism and solipsism in photog .... Enter keywords, authors, DOI, ORCID etc Search in: This Journal Advanced search Publication Cover photographies Volume 15, 2022 - Issue 2 Submit an article Journal homepage 104 Views 0 CrossRef citations to date 1 Altmetric Research Article Anthropocentrism and solipsism in photographic self-portraits of Edvard Munch Ana PeraicaORCID Icon Pages 187-203 | Published online: 27 Jun 2022 Download citation https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2022.2060287 CrossMark LogoCrossMark Abstract Although mental illnesses and personality disorders are largely destigmatized in the contemporary age, some genres, such as self- portraiture and consequently selfies, are still framed in interpretation by diagnostic labeling. One of the disorders that was often taken into reference when approaching self-picturing is narcissism. However, such an approach to the visual genre is limiting its interpretation. This article analyses two sets of self-portrait photographs of a Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, who spent some time in psychiatric asylums. This episode divides his work into two phases. In the first period, Munch self-records his various actions in space, while in the second one, he focuses on his face and a static half-a-figure. While the first one is actively reinterpreting the world through the self-image, the second one is centering the self as the world itself. Rather than defining which sets are more narcissistic, this article proposes distinguishing between performative/extravert and contemplative/introvert definitions of self-pictures by defining anthropocentric and solipsistic self-portraits. Distinguishing between anthropocentric and solipsistic self-portraiture may have impact not only on analysis of Munch’s photographic and painterly self-portraits but also on the interpretation of contemporary genre of selfies as well.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija, Povijest umjetnosti, Znanost o umjetnosti, Filmska umjetnost (filmske, elektroničke i medijske umjetnosti pokretnih slika), Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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