Artemisia Gentileschi - Lives of the Artists (Hardback) Book cover type:Hardcover unexpected connections

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Artemisia Gentileschi - Lives of the Artists (Hardback) Book cover type:Hardcover unexpected connectionsPublished: 09 03 2020 Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artists 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 culture