TY - BOOK AU - West,Shearer TI - Portraiture T2 - Oxford history of art SN - 9780192842589 (pbk.) : PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Portraits KW - History KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational ER -