Artemisia Gentileschi
$31.66
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
9 May 2020
Summary
Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artist of the Baroque age. In Artemisia Gentileschi, critic and historian Jonathan Jones discovers how Artemisia overcame a turbulent past to become one of the foremost painters of her day.
As a young woman Artemisia was raped by her tutor, and then had to endure a seven-month-long trial during which she was brutally examined by the authorities. Gentileschi was shamed in a culture where honour was everything. Yet she went on to be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786276094 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786276097 |
| Author: | Jonathan Jones |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Laurence King Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 120mm |
| Series: | Lives of the Artists |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
In the world and words of Joness book, the 17th century could have happened yesterday, it is urgent, immediate and very compelling. * Irish Times *
Jonathan Joness highly readable Artemisia Gentileschi is the latest in the publisher Laurence Kings Lives of the Artists series. (…) Jones gives a lively account of her life and career, and his enthusiasm for her work permeates his writing: the descriptive passages on her paintings are especially evocative. * Apollo Magazine *
About The Author
Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones is art critic for The Guardian and the author of Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy, as well as The Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance and The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance.
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