self-portraiture
Painting your reflection
Self-portraiture is the art or practice of creating portraits of oneself.
The term encompasses painting, drawing, photography, and other visual media where the artist is also the subject.
Unlike a simple selfie, self-portraiture implies deliberate artistic intent: Rembrandt's self-portraiture documented his aging over decades.
The word can refer to a single work or to the genre as a whole.
Observing one's own mind
- identityWho someone is
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- gazeFixed, intent look
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
mood · emotion · persona · ego · inner · psyche · contemplation · revelation
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- legacyWhat's passed down
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
Van Gogh · baroque · modernist · oeuvre · retrospective · autobiography · documentation · aging
Reflective viewing surface
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- studioCreative professional's workspace
easel · sitting · pose · brushwork · palette · composition · framing · rendering
Photo of oneself
- cameraImage capturing device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- tripodStabilizing support structure
- timerDuration-tracking mechanism
shutter · exposure · lighting · angle · backdrop · digital · film · snapshot
Digital user representation
- profileSide-facing outline
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- filterPorous separation device
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
Instagram · virtual · online · curated · persona · influencer · platform · upload
introspection
Observing one's own mind
- identityWho someone is
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- gazeFixed, intent look
expression · mood · emotion · persona · ego · inner · psyche · contemplation · revelation · authenticity
Rembrandt
Seventeenth-century Dutch painter
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- legacyWhat's passed down
Van Gogh · renaissance · baroque · modernist · oeuvre · retrospective · autobiography · documentation · aging · chronicle
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- reflectionReturned light or thought
studio · easel · sitting · pose · brushwork · palette · composition · framing · rendering · depiction
selfie
Photo of oneself
timer · shutter · exposure · lighting · angle · backdrop · digital · film · snapshot · viewfinder
avatar
Digital user representation
- profileSide-facing outline
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- filterPorous separation device
smartphone · Instagram · virtual · online · curated · persona · influencer · platform · upload · share
- self-expressionstyle, fashion, clothing, tattoos, personal expression
- mirrors in artreflection, mirror frame, convex mirror, looking glass, hand mirror
self-portraiturelandscape painting
Art depicting natural vistas
still life · abstract art · nature photography · architectural photography · wildlife art
self-portraituredocumentary photography
Images recording real events
reportage · photojournalism · street photography · social realism