Name: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
ISBN: 9781683962113

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

Gina Siciliano

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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.

Book Details

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Publish Date: Sep 10th, 2019
Pages: 232
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 11.80in - 7.70in - 1.10in - 2.70lb
EAN: 9781683962113
Categories: • Literary• Artists, Architects, Photographers• Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir

About the Author

Siciliano, Gina: - GINA SICILIANO is an artist and musician living in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 2007.

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Salena Godden

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📚 Bank holiday weekend reads: I treated myself to these two amazing graphic novels. I Know What I Am - The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina Siciliano // Wake - The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall. Here’s the first pages, wow! #BookTwitter https://t.co/6QNlMDxTaq

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Today Sean and Carson interview the great Gina Siciliano about her book I Know What I Am, the Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi from @fantagraphics . They talk historical cartooning, research, transmuting fact to fiction, oil painting + comics https://t.co/pYOfedxGiL

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I Know What I Am is an extraordinary debut -- a beautifully drawn portrait of the Italian baroque painter.-- "The Guardian"

Siciliano's meticulously penned panels carry thoughtful historical context and emotional urgency. This impressive debut is the detailed, passionate scholarly portrait that Gentileschi deserves.-- "Publishers Weekly"

The riveting life story of Baroque's most famous woman painter -- a fascinating graphic novel about Artemisia Gentileschi.-- "Daily Art Magazine"

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.-- "Art UK"

Siciliano visually and textually confronts the trauma Gentileschi experienced, while demonstrating the painter's 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.-- "Hyperallergic"

Siciliano's exquisite craftsmanship is clear on every page of this consistently engrossing volume, which portrays the artist's plight with affection and urgency.-- "Library Journal"

An extraordinarily thorough and detailed treatment of a barely believable life, a valuable addition to art history, and in every way, an education.-- "Strong Words"

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 sometimes violently competitive groups of rival artists. Siciliano's portraits and renditions of paintings have marvelous fine detail, made all the more impressive by her medium: ballpoint pen.-- "Booklist"

I Know What I Am paints an enduring, detailed portrait through a feminist lens of Artemisia as a woman to remember: as a pioneer, as a master of her craft, as a mother, a survivor of injustices due to her gender, and an artist whose surviving works are timeless.-- "Black Nerd Problems"

A deep, enduring homage to a brilliant painter and a remarkable woman.-- "The Comics Journal"

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Salena Godden

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Author of 'Mrs Death Misses Death' & 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' - New books 'Springfield Road' & 'With Love, Grief and Fury' published in spring 2024

Publisher of graphic novels on the edge. Founded & Operated by artist Sean Michael Robinson. @OgdenSMR

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