3F Bringing Knowledge to your Topic

A. List the issues, ideas, concerns and visual texts

• Identity (This can include self concept)
• Selfies and the Self Portrait
• Sexual/Gender/Racial Identity (LGBT, Racism, Stereotypes, Gender Roles, etc)
• Perception (This can be tied into the spread of mass media, social media, mirrors)

B. Find out more about the issues, ideas, concerns, events and visual texts

Resources (Task 3E)

Selfie:
Mirzoeff talks about identity and the self and how we want to portray ourselves to the world. Thinking this topic is relevant to the essay questions, I gathered these links.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/selfie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfie
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-fire-guilty-idUSKCN0X600X

Self Portrait:
The selfie is derived from the history of the Self Portraits of old; they serve the same purpose. The artist portray themselves in a way they want to be seen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-portrait
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/self-portraits.htm
http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/475-selfies-and-the-history-of-self-portraiture.html/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rrose_S%C3%A9lavy
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/oct/27/art.surrealismatthevanda
Raphael. Self Portrait. 1506. Oil on Panel. Uffizi Gallery, Uffizi, Florence.
Eyck, Jan Van. Portrait of a Man. 1433. Oil on Canvas. National Gallery, London.
Elisabeth-Louise Vigee Le Brun

Identity (Sexual/Racial/Gender)
Identity is who someone is, or their name. It can also concern their qualities, beliefs, Gender or Race.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-danish-girl/true-story-lili-elbe-transgender/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_Elizabeth_Belle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/12046714/Dutch-gallery-removes-racist-artwork-titles.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender
http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=373&Itemid=236
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424300308.html
Wiesner, Merry E. Gender in History. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2001. Print.
Chancer, Lynn S., and Beverly X. Watkins. Gender, Race, and Class: An Overview. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006. Print.

Visual Texts

Zoffany, Johann. Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and Her Cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray. 1778. Oil on Canvas. Kenwood House, Scotland.

Wegener, Gerda. Portrait of Lili Elbe. 1928. Watercolour. Iconographic Collections.

Mijtens, Johannes. Portrait of Margaretha Van Raephorst. 1668. Oil on Canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

N. Hoyer, ed., Man into Woman. An Authentic Record of a Change of Sex. The true story of the miraculous transformation of the Danish painter Einar Wegener (Andreas Sparre). London: Jarrolds, 1933. Photograph: Lili, Paris, 1926, opp. p. 40.

Ray, Man. Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy. 1920-1921. Philadelphia Museum of Art.