Artemisia Gentileschi, 9781786276094
Hardcover
Overcame trauma to become a Baroque master: Artemisia Gentileschi’s story.

Artemisia Gentileschi

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  • Hardcover

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    8 May 2020

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Summary

Artemisia Gentileschi: A Life Forged in Art

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 cultu…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781786276094
ISBN-10:1786276097
Series:Lives of the Artists
Author:Jonathan Jones
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Laurence King Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:8 May 2020
Weight:230g
Dimensions:181mm x 120mm
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Critics Review

In the world and words of Jones’s book, the 17th century could have happened yesterday, it is urgent, immediate and very compelling. * Irish Times *Jonathan Jones’s highly readable Artemisia Gentileschi is the latest in the publisher Laurence King’s ‘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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