Artemisia Gentileschi by Mary D Garrard
Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as the most important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This first full-length study of her life and work shows that her powerfully original treatments of mythic-heroic female subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of the same themes.
"[This book] is doubly welcome, both for its hitherto underrehearsed subject--one of the most accomplished female practitioners in the history of art--and for the exceptionally keen and questing intelligence which the author brings to her task"--John Gash, Art in America "Garrard brings her subject vividly to life as few scholars of the period have done for other artists... [Her] powerfully argued, intelligent appreciation of every facet of Gentileschi's difficult life and artistic contribution will bring the artist a large, new audience."--Ann Sutherland Harris, The Women's Review of Books "If you read only one art history book this year, it should be Mary D. Garrard's Artemisia Gentileschi."--Raymond B. Waddington, Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Garrard, Mary D.: - Mary D. Garrard is professor emerita of art history at American University in Washington, DC. Her books include Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art and Brunelleschi's Egg: Gender, Art and Nature in Renaissance Italy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691002859 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691002851 |
| Title | Artemisia Gentileschi |
| Author | Mary D Garrard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1991-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 664 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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