I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi [Hardcover]

Michelangelo, Vel?zquez, Rubens, Rembrandt  all larger-than-life Renaissance figures celebrated for their mastery of their art. But often overlooked in this pantheon of Old Masters is Artemisia Gentileschi  Italys greatest female painter. In her debut graphic novel, Gina Siciliano brings to life the tumultuous 17th-century cities of Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice where the fearless Artemisia braved the male-dominated sphere of painting to become a groundbreaking artist.?This debut graphic novel tells the true life story of a pioneering female painter. Siciliano's meticulously penned panels carry thoughtful historical context and emotional urgency. This impressive debut is the detailed, passionate scholarly portrait that Gentileschi deserves. The riveting life story of Baroques most famous woman painter  a fascinating graphic novel about Artemisia Gentileschi. This beautifully illustrated book brings into sharp focus Artemisia's role as one of the greatest painters of Baroque Italy, who navigated her way through an extremely patriarchal world. Siciliano visually and textually confronts the trauma Gentileschi experienced, while demonstrating the painters strong will and passion. Without falling prey to the trope of artistic achievement through trauma, this intensely detailed visual biography does justice to a still undervalued artist. Siciliano's exquisite craftsmanship is clear on every page of this consistently engrossing volume, which portrays the artists plight with affection and urgency. An extraordinarily thorough and detailed treatment of a barely believable life, a valuable addition to art history, and in every way, an education. Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi led a fascinating, richly productive artistic life in a period not well known for women painters. This information-dense graphic biography does an excellent job of putting her life and career in its historical and cultural context, a period of tumultuous change and sometiló+