- Share - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/36416) - []() - []() - []() # Artistic Selfies: Then and Now The selfie craze is not as new as you might think. And it is not just humans who are taking part. Learn more about selfies of the past and why selfies by a monkey have created controversy. ![artistic selfies blog image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/artistic-selfies-blog-image-780.jpg) 23 November 2015 Ellen DeGeneres did it at the Oscars and the Kardashian sisters do it nearly on a daily basis: Selfies. These are examples of taking selfies to extremes. But our fascination with these self-portraits is nothing new. A current exhibit of 17th-century Dutch painters at the Mauritshuis museum in the Netherlands is billed as “Dutch Self-Portraits: Selfies of the Golden Age.” And whether capturing faces on film or canvas, the “selfie craze” is not limited to humans. A story rocking the art world for the past few months centers around a monkey who took his own photo with a camera left unattended by a zoo photographer. This “[monkey selfie](http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/world/monkey-selfie-peta-lawsuit/ "Monkey Selfie")” has started a debate about selfie photo ownership, copyright law and animal rights. To learn more about art, self-portraits and copyright law, check out our suite of Art subject resources, which include full-text databases, e-book collections and digital archives. [ Explore EBSCO's art resources ](/academic-libraries/subjects/art-architecture) Category: [Library Resources ](/blogs/ebscopost/category/library-resources) Tags: [Research databases](/blogs/ebscopost/tag/research-databases) - Share - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/36416) - []() - []() - []() ## Related Posts [ ![architecure of libraries blog image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/architecure-of-libraries-blog-image-780.jpg) ](/blogs/ebscopost/architecture-libraries) [Architecture of Libraries](/blogs/ebscopost/architecture-libraries) 6 February 2019 [ ![satire and politics blog image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/satire-and-politics-blog-image-780.jpg) ](/blogs/ebscopost/satire-and-politics-rich-history) [Satire and Politics—A Rich History](/blogs/ebscopost/satire-and-politics-rich-history) 27 January 2015 [ ![the steamy relationship between art and science blog image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/the-steamy-relationship-between-art-and-science-blog-image-780.jpg) ](/blogs/ebscopost/steamy-relationship-between-art-and-science) [The STEAMy Relationship Between Art and Science](/blogs/ebscopost/steamy-relationship-between-art-and-science) 20 November 2017