Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting

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BOOKArtemisia Gentileschi: The Language of PaintingJesse M. Locker https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00192 Stable URL: https://www.aaeportal.com/?id=-19918Copy Hailed as one of the most influential and expressive painters of the seventeenth century, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–ca. 1656) has figured prominently in the art historical discourse of the past two decades. This attention to Artemisia, after many years of scholarly neglect, is partially due to interest in the dramatic details of her early life, including the widely publicized rape trial of her painting tutor, Agostino Tassi, and her admission to Florence's esteemed Accademia del Disegno. While the artist's early paintings have been extensively discussed, her later work has been largely dismissed.This elegantly written book provides a revolutionary look at Artemisia's later career, refuting longstanding assumptions about the artist. The fact that she was semi-illiterate has erroneously led scholars to assume a lack of literary and cultural education on her part. Stressing the importance of orality in Baroque culture and in Artemisia's paintings, Locker argues for her important place in the cultural dialogue of the seventeenth century.*This eBook is available exclusively on the A&AePortal*AuthorJesse M. LockerPublisherYale University PressPrint publication date February 2015 (out of print)Print ISBN 9780300185119EISBN 9780300256970Copyright© 2015 by Jesse M. LockerIllustrations 114Print Status out of print Publisher (out of print) WorldCat Google Books

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