Artemisia Gentileschi - The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art

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.

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Mary D. Garrard

Summary

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as 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 work shows that her original treatments of mythic-heroic female subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of the same themes.

Additional text

"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

Product details

• Authors: Mary Garrard, Mary D Garrard, Mary D. Garrard, Garrard Mary D.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• EAN: 9780691002859
• ISBN: 978-0-691-00285-9
• No. of pages: 664
• Dimensions: 117 mm x 270 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book; ART / European, Italy, History of Art, Painting & paintings, baroque, Art & design styles: Baroque, Paintings and painting, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo