Artemisia Gentileschi by Mary D. Garrard

Her research explores masculinity in European and Russian art of the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. This beautifully illustrated book gives for the first time a full portrait of a strong woman artist who fought back through her art.Īllison Leigh is Assistant Professor of Art History and the SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Endowed Professor in Art & Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Taking as case studies the Seville Mary Magdalene and the Burghley House Susanna and the Elders, paintings of circa 1621-22 attributed to Artemisia. She discusses recently discovered paintings, offers fresh perspectives on known works, and examines the artist anew in the context of feminist history. Garrard, author of the acclaimed Artemisia Gentileschi, furthers her study of the seventeenth-century artist in this ground-breaking investigation of two little-known paintings. Garrard, noted Gentileschi scholar, shows that the painter most likely knew or knew about contemporary writers such as the Venetian feminists Lucrezia Marinella and Arcangela Tarabotti. Garrard, author of the acclaimed Artemisia Gentileschi, furthers her study of the seventeenth-century artist in. Her powerful paintings with vigorous female protagonists chime with modern audiences, and she is celebrated by feminist critics and scholars.Īrtemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe (Reaktion Books, 2020) breaks new ground by placing the artist in the context of women’s political history. Artemisia Gentileschi Around 1622 Mary D. Her art addressed issues that resonate today, such as sexual violence and women’s problematic relationship to political power. Artemisia Gentileschi is by far the most famous woman artist of the premodern era.

Artemisia Gentileschi by Mary D. Garrard