Jesse Locker is associate professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art at Portland State University.
“In the past 100 years, Artemisia Gentileschi has become one of the
most recognizable painters from the 17th century, male or female.
Her Caravaggio-inspired paintings—full of blood, dramatic violence,
and striking uses of shadow and light—are massive draws in the
museums that hold them. . . . Yet audiences and critics alike
usually find themselves dumbfounded and let down by the paintings
made in the last decades of her career, when she was at the height
of her fame and influence. . . . Locker’s book provides a
much-needed answer to the disparity in the feminist icon’s work—to
the question of what happened to Artemisia’s painting style, and
why.”—William O’Connor, The Daily Beast
*The Daily Beast*
“Artemisia Gentileschi opens up new understandings of a
prominent female artist and baroque culture in
Italy.”—Elizabeth Cohen, York University
*Elizabeth Cohen*
“In Artemisia Gentileschi, [the artist is revealed as a] thoughtful
artist in dialogue with her contemporaries, less a product of her
biography than a fully engaged mind. It’s a compelling argument for
re-examining her later works.”—Johns Hopkins Magazine
*Johns Hopkins Magazine*
“In this beautifully illustrated study . . . Locker sheds new light
on [Gentileschi]. . . . His study significantly deepens
understanding of this fascinating artist and is an important
contribution to the field.”—Choice
*Choice*
“A welcome and thought-provoking addition to an understanding of
[Artemisia Gentileschi’s] work and of the intertwined literary and
visual cultures of early modern Italy.”—Karen J. Lloyd, CAA
Reviews
*CAA Reviews*
“Locker’s book provides precious insight into Artemisia’s ties to
seventeenth-century academic culture, into the breadth of literary
admiration for her work, and into her intellectual and artistic
milieu.”—Frances Gage, Renaissance Quarterly
*Renaissance Quarterly*
“A valuable, beautifully illustrated, and intriguing study. . . .
Locker adds much to our knowledge of Gentileschi’s reputation
during her lifetime.”—Marjorie Och, Woman’s Art Journal
*Woman's Art Journal*
Winner of the 2016 Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize given by the
Society for Italian Historical Studies.
*Society for Italian Historical Studies*
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