{"product_id":"artemisia-by-nathalie-ferlut-9781948886116","title":"ARTEMISIA","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtemisia\u003c\/em\u003e Gentileschi was a painter of passions... of rich colours and fraught moments... of women taking command of their own stories. She reversed the classical depictions of female characters in mythology, presenting them with agency, as the protagonists of their own narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd she was the hero of her own story, too. Despite working in a male-dominated field at a time when women could not even legally buy painting supplies, Gentileschi created an independent life for herself as a stunning artist of unparalleled power and uncompromised vision. She achieved fame and fortune through her own work, as one of the first women ever to support herself with her artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe often diverged from classical depictions of women as delicate and submissive, carving out her own trail as a fierce proto-feminist thinker. She reinterpreted biblical and mythological scenes through a lens of female agency and empowerment, from the shockingly visceral \u003cem\u003eJudith Slaying Holofernes\u003c\/em\u003e to her unflinchingly frank depiction of sexual harassment and abuse in \u003cem\u003eSusanna and the Elders\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese issues were deeply personal for her: Gentileschi was a survivor of repeated sexual assaults by her tutor. Though the Gentileschis brought him to court and won, Artemisia endured torture by thumbscrews in the process of a brutal trial. Finding her reputation in Rome irreparably tarnished after the trial, she left, refusing to allow the abuse in her past to define her. Instead, she reinvented herself in Florence, becoming the first woman to join their prestigious academy of arts and going on to attract a robust international patronage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis gorgeous graphic biography tells her story through the eyes of her daughter Prudentia, as she delves into the vivid, troubled, heroic life story of one of the greatest painters ever to lift a brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Sure to charm lovers of art history, it's also a standout graphic biography that does real justice to its subject.' - \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The book's art is outstanding... \u003cem\u003eArtemisia\u003c\/em\u003e is the informative, compelling graphic biography of an inspiring artist.' - Peter Dabbene, \u003cem\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485858578668,"sku":"9781948886116","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781948886116-artemisia.jpg?v=1775716526","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/artemisia-by-nathalie-ferlut-9781948886116","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}