The art, practice, or genre of creating self-portraits; the act of depicting oneself in visual art.
From autoportrait + -ure (a noun-forming suffix). This aesthetic term developed to describe the entire practice and tradition of artists depicting themselves.
Autoportraiture exploded during the Renaissance when mirrors became better and cheaper—suddenly artists could see themselves clearly, leading to an explosion of self-representation in art.
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