History Portraits

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History Portraits is a photographic series by American artist Cindy Sherman in which she stages herself in elaborate costumes and makeup to parody and reinterpret classical European portraiture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork series
photographic series
aimsTo critique historical representations of women
question authenticity in portraiture
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED
depicts aristocratic figures
imagined historical characters
mythological figures
religious figures
features artificial props
constructed sets
elaborate costumes
heavy makeup
prosthetics
genre conceptual photography
portrait photography
hasPart History Portraits #1 NERFINISHED
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influencedBy Baroque portraiture
European Old Master painting
Renaissance portraiture
classical European art
languageOfWork visual language
mainSubject Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED
appropriation
art history
classical European portraiture
gender representation
identity
parody
role-playing
self-portrait
medium chromogenic print
color photography
movement contemporary art
postmodern art
notableWorkOf Cindy Sherman NERFINISHED
publicationType photographic series
style parody of Old Master paintings
staged photography
tableau photography

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Cindy Sherman notableWork History Portraits