Artemisia Gentileschi

​’Barker’s text weaves documentary evidence together with some excellent close visual analysis of her attributed paintings, unpacking the rich symbolism and its significance in her work, which offers a lively and vivid understanding of the wider contexts and motives behind her movements…Artemisia’s compelling character clearly shines through, matching the vivacity of her work.’ – Hyperallergic‘A marvelously readable volume’ – Los Angeles Times

‘Barker’s inquisitive focus on Artemisia’s agency, her motivations and intentions, animates this important book on the artist’s life and art. {…} both intellectually sophisticated and pleasurably accessible.’ – Mary D. Garrard, The Burlington Magazine

Sheila Barker is an art historian and writer. She is the founding director of the Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists at the Medici Archive Project. Her publications include the exhibition catalogue The Immensity of the Universe in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni as well as the edited volumes Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light, Women Artists in Early Modern Italy, and Artiste nel chiostro (co-edited with Luciano Cinelli).