
2019 DEBUT | I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi |
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Book Author(s) | Gina Siciliano |
Publisher | Fantagraphics |
Book List Price | $29.99 |
All-Ages Appropriate | No |
Web site | http://www.fantagraphics.com/artemisia/ |
DESCRIPTION:
Michelangelo, Velázquez, 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 — Italy’s 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. I Know What I Am paints a complex, feminist portrait of Artemisia as a single mother, a sexual assault survivor, and a pioneering practitioner of her craft.