TY  - BOOK
AU  - Renáta Kišoňová
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631795019
TI  - Faces of a face
T2  - Portraiture as a means of representing faces
DO  - 10.3726/b15976
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1058304
N2  - The book focuses on the phenomenon of a face in philosophical, cognitive, and aesthetical context. Text is divided into two main parts: the first is considering the face as an object. The second part is about specific facets of the face and how faces are portrayed in portraits. The text focuses on the etymology of the term «face» and its semantic roots. It considers various uses of the word «face» in metaphors and the idea that through a metaphorical use of the word face, there is a link to human identity or personality. The second part of this book details portraits, their etymology and semantic roots, history and various functions in history. Regarding the various transformations of portraits and mainly the invention of photography, it also deals with the problem of the end, or death of a portrait.
KW  - portrait, symbol, perception, attractivity, aesthetics, meaning
LA  - English
ER  -