Design and Creative without L.I.M.I.T: Contextual Studied 1

THE INNER BEAUTY OF SELF PORTRAIT

LET SEE WHAT I FOUND ABOUT THE SELF PORTRAIT...

''self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. ''- BY WIKIPEDIA.

From the research of self portrait, i properly can understand but i have saw many 'painting' portrait.

Why any artist interested in portraiture should paint self portraits.
?WHY?
DO YOU EVER KNOW WHY ARTIST PAINTING THEIR SELF PORTRAIT?
or Painting self portrait is traditional or a style?

SO, i have do some research about it.
here are what i found again.

Those are the comments from peoples and show their different point of you on this problem.

“If you cannot capture the essence of your own self, how are you to capture the essence of someone else?” --

Bridget Brown, International Art Consultancy

2. There is a unique psychological thing that takes place when you look into your own eyes and face and paint your own portrait. Your own face suddenly becomes a mirror to your soul, the real you, and strange things happen as you paint. I would recommend it to anyone in pursuit of the prize, ‘know thyself’. Do it often, you will be amazed at what you discover about yourself.- Gary O

From another understanding of self portrait, self-portrait may be a portrait of the artist, or a portrait included in a larger work, including a group portrait. Many painters are said to have included depictions of specific individuals, including themselves, in painting figures in religious or other types of composition. Such paintings were not intended publicly to depict the actual persons as themselves, but the facts would have been known at the time to artist and patron,eating a talking point as well as a public test of the artist's skill.

Different type of portrait that i found.

Sandro Botticelli's painting of the Adoration of the Magi has an "inserted self-portrait". The position in the (right) corner, and the gaze out to the viewer, are very typical of such self-portraits.