Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image Of The Female Hero In Italian Baroque Art

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This work shows that her original treatments of mythic-heroic female subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of the same themes.

• | By (Author): Mary D. Garrard
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• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 1991
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 664 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780691002859