She discusses recently discovered paintings, offers fresh perspectives on known works, and examines the artist anew in the context of feminist history. 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.
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. 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.
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