Artemisia Gentileschi

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. "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

A Detailed Book. On receipt was initially impressed but on opening the book was disappointed at the shortage of large colour art prints spread at intervals throughout. There were 2A Detailed Book. Jennifer hannam On receipt was initially impressed but on opening the book was disappointed at the shortage of large colour art prints spread at intervals throughout. There were 24 full scale colour reproductions all together in the centre of the book.. full scale colour reproductions all together in the centre of the book.. "Artemisia Gentileschi is superb" according to Joan Richmond. Mary Garrard pays scholarly tribute to Artemisia Gentileschi in this fine compilation. Anyone interested in Italian Baroque art, especially the Caravaggio followers, will find this book a great resource. Many color plates (most of the artists most important works) and black and white images support the text.. Factual, yes Sunrise I think that this work delves significantly into the time that Gentileschi lived, bringing as many details as possible about her that are available to us. It is exceptionally well-researched and thought out. If you truly want to know anything about this artist, I feel it probably is in here somewhere.But, with that said, it is a very heavy book. Perhaps Garrard may be forgiven for forgetting to explain things that may be evident to her, but I found myself having to go on the internet to look up what she was talking about a lot of the time. I do not specialize in Italian art history, but I have a pretty good foundation in art history.

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.. 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