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Author : R. Ward Bissell
Release : 1999
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Book Rating : 224/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Artemisia Gentileschi and the Authority of Art : Critical Reading and Catalogue Raisonné by : R. Ward Bissell
Download or read book Artemisia Gentileschi and the Authority of Art : Critical Reading and Catalogue Raisonné written by R. Ward Bissell. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jesse M. Locker
Release : 2021-01-19
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Artemisia Gentileschi by : Jesse M. Locker
Download or read book Artemisia Gentileschi written by Jesse M. Locker. This book was released on 2021-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important reassessment of the later career and life of a beloved baroque artist 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 beautifully illustrated and 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.
Author : Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
Release : 2013
Genre : ART
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Book Synopsis Violence & Virtue by : Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
Download or read book Violence & Virtue written by Eve Straussman-Pflanzer. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violence and Virtue examines a single, uniquely powerful painting: Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. A quintessential example of early Baroque painting, this work has, more than any other picture in her oeuvre, come to define Gentileschi as an early modern woman and a superb Baroque painter. Eve Straussman-Pflanzer explores the circumstances surrounding the painting's creation and the meanings conveyed by the image itself. Among other topics of investigation, the author addresses the role of women artists and patrons in the 17th century and the fascination with violence and the importance of female heroes during the Baroque era. A comparative analysis between Gentileschi's masterpiece and other paintings and works on paper by artists such as Caravaggio, Botticelli, Cristofano Allori, and Felice Ficherelli, among others, testifies to the importance of Gentileschi's portrayal of the heroine Judith"--
Author : Sheila Barker
Release : 2022-02-15
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 338/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Artemisia Gentileschi by : Sheila Barker
Download or read book Artemisia Gentileschi written by Sheila Barker. This book was released on 2022-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume in the groundbreaking Illuminating Women Artists series delves into the stirring life and work of the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. 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. 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. The volume is beautifully illustrated, and Barker weaves this extraordinary story with in-depth discussions of key artworks, such as Susanna and the Elders (1610), Judith Beheading Holofernes (c.1619–20), and Lot and His Daughters (1640–45). Also included is the J. Paul Getty Museum’s recent acquisition, Lucretia (c.1635–45). Through such works, Barker explores the evolution of Gentileschi’s expressive goals and techniques.
Author : Anne D'Alleva
Release : 2021-08-05
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fundamentals of Art History by : Anne D'Alleva
Download or read book Fundamentals of Art History written by Anne D'Alleva. This book was released on 2021-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable guide enables students to get the most from their art history course. Written in an accessible style, the book introduces two basic art historical methods - formal analysis and contextual analysis. In this new edition revising author Michael Cothren has extended the discussion on iconography and iconology, as well as adding discussions on the effects of the market and museums on art. Greater emphasis is placed on the global and multicultural aspects of art creation and analysis with new images and more case studies. There is more step-by-step guidance on how to use these methods to prepare for exams and write papers.
