{"product_id":"artemisia-gentileschi-hardcover","title":"Artemisia Gentileschi - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheila Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis second volume in the groundbreaking Illuminating Women Artists series delves into the stirring life and work of the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The life of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-after 1654) was as exceptional as her paintings. She was a child prodigy, raised without a mother by her artist father, a follower of Caravaggio. Although she learned to paint under her father, she became an artist against his wishes. Later, as she moved between Florence, Rome, Venice, Naples, and London, her artistic style evolved, but throughout her career she specialized in large-scale, powerful, nuanced portrayals of women. This book highlights Gentileschi's enterprising and original engagement with emerging feminist notions of the value and dignity of womanhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sheila Barker's cutting-edge scholarship in Artemisia Gentileschi clears a pathway for all audiences to appreciate the artist's pictorial intelligence, as well as her achievement of a remarkably lucrative and high-profile career at a time when few women were artists. Bringing to light newly attributed paintings and archival discoveries, this is the first biography to be written by an authority on Gentileschi since 1999. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The volume is beautifully illustrated, and Barker weaves this extraordinary story with in-depth discussions of key artworks, such as \u003ci\u003eSusanna and the Elders\u003c\/i\u003e (1610), \u003ci\u003eJudith Beheading Holofernes\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1619-20), and \u003ci\u003eLot and His Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e (1640-45). Also included is the J. Paul Getty Museum's recent acquisition, \u003ci\u003eLucretia\u003c\/i\u003e (c.1635-45). Through such works, Barker explores the evolution of Gentileschi's expressive goals and techniques. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheila Barker is director of the Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists in the Age of the Medici. She wrote the introduction to\u003ci\u003e Lives of Artemisia Gentileschi \u003c\/i\u003e(Getty, 2021) and is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eArtemisia \u003c\/i\u003e(2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 10 x 7.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767684989216,"sku":"9781606067338","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdde84e811ba9e3be6e53ead82a78d93.webp?v=1780315273","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/artemisia-gentileschi-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}