Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art

Christopher R. Marshall; Christopher R. Marshall

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Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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A new account of the renowned Baroque painter, revealing how her astute professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacy

Art has long been viewed as a calling—a quasi-religious vocation that drives artists to seek answers to humanity’s deepest questions. Yet the art world is a risky, competitive business that requires artists to make strategic decisions, especially if the artist is a woman. In Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art, Christopher Marshall presents a new account of the life, work, and legacy of the Italian Baroque painter, revealing how she built a successful four-decade career in a male-dominated field—and how her business acumen has even influenced the resurrection of her reputation today, when she has been transformed from a footnote of art history to a globally famous artist and feminist icon.

Combining the most recent research with detailed analyses of newly attributed paintings, the book highlights the business considerations behind Gentileschi’s development of a trademark style as she marketed herself to the public across a range of Italian artistic centers. The disguised self-portraits in her early Florentine paintings are reevaluated as an effort to make a celebrity brand of her own image. And, challenging the common perception that Gentileschi’s only masterpieces are her early Caravaggesque paintings, the book emphasizes the importance of her neglected late Neapolitan works, which are reinterpreted as innovative responses to the conventional practices of Baroque workshops.

Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art shows that Gentileschi’s remarkable success as a painter was due not only to her enormous talent but also to her ability to respond creatively to the continuously evolving trends and challenges of the Italian Baroque art world.

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Christopher R. Marshall is associate professor of art history, curatorship, and museum studies at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting, the editor of Sculpture and the Museum, and a contributor to Painting for Profit: The Economic Lives of Seventeenth-Century Italian Painters.

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"Lavishly illustrated in color. . . . [Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art] is incredibly well researched . . . and features extensive tables mapping known payments to the artist and references to her paintings in early Neapolitan and Southern Italian primary sources; the index is also comprehensive. Written so that it is accessible to broader audiences, this book is appropriate and recommended for all."---Amy Lazet, ARLIS/NA --- "Scholarly and accessible, [Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art] opens up welcome conversations on an important artist of growing recognition." --- "Winner of the Best Book Award, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender"

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Introduction: Art, Luxury, Value
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Part I. Becoming Artemisia: Rome, 1606–1613
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Part II. Announcing Artemisia: Florence, 1613–1620
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Part III. Acclaiming Artemisia: Rome and Venice, 1620–1629
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Part IV. Selling Artemisia: Naples and London, 1630–c.1656
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Part V. Resurrecting Artemisia, c.1656–present
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Appendix of Tables
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Acknowledgements
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Photography and Copyright Credits
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June 5, 2024

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9780691258010

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691258010

eBook ISBN: 9780691258010

Keywords for this book

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For a non-specialist adult audience

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Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: Art, Luxury, Value

Part I. Becoming Artemisia: Rome, 1606–1613

Part II. Announcing Artemisia: Florence, 1613–1620

Part III. Acclaiming Artemisia: Rome and Venice, 1620–1629

Part IV. Selling Artemisia: Naples and London, 1630–c.1656

Part V. Resurrecting Artemisia, c.1656–present

Appendix of Tables

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgements

Photography and Copyright Credits

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