The notion of a person--or even an object--having a double has been explored in the visual arts for ages, and in myriad ways: portraying the body and its soul, a woman gazing at her reflection in a pool, or a man overwhelmed by his own shadow.
In this edited collection focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century western art, scholars analyze doppelgangers, alter egos, mirror images, double portraits and other pairings, human and otherwise, appearing in a large variety of artistic media.
| Ways | Portraying the body and its soul a woman gazing at her reflection in a pool or a man overwhelmed by his own shadow |
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Mcfarland & Company Doppelgangers, alter egos and mirror images in western art, 1840-2010: critical essays, paperback/mary d. edwards
