Face to face

About this book

"Through the Habsburg portrait gallery, which has been permanently exhibited since 1976, the Ambras Castle of Innsbruck is predestined to devote itself to the art of portraits. The special exhibition, which presents the topic in a broad chronological overview, focuses on the main portrait categories, which have developed since ancient times and have been continuously expanded to the present. The portrait as a (supposedly) objective representation of an individual, as a permanent image of the transitory, as a "second ego", as an expression of one's own self-representation and as a momentary impression, as a familial remembrance and as a friendshake, an investment in the aftermath and the memoria over death - the facets of the portrait are more complex than at first sight." --publisher.