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Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe

Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe

Garrard, Mary D.

Paperback

Series: Renaissance Lives

Art HistoryArtistsMedieval & Renaissance History

Publisher Price: $22.50

ISBN10: 1789147778
ISBN13: 9781789147773
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: Jan 8 2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
An accessible introduction to the life of the seventeenth-century's most celebrated women artists, now in paperback.

Artemisia Gentileschi is by far the most famous woman artist of the premodern era. Her art addressed issues that resonate today, such as sexual violence and women's problematic relationship to political power. Her powerful paintings with vigorous female protagonists chime with modern audiences, and she is celebrated by feminist critics and scholars.

This book breaks new ground by placing Gentileschi in the context of women's political history. Mary D. Garrard, noted Gentileschi scholar, shows that the artist most likely knew or knew about contemporary writers such as the Venetian feminists Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti. She discusses recently discovered paintings, offers fresh perspectives on known works, and examines the artist anew in the context of feminist history. This beautifully illustrated book gives for the first time a full portrait of a strong woman artist who fought back through her art.

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