By her hand : Artemisia Gentileschi and women artists in Italy, 1500-1800 / edited by Eve Straussman-Pflanzer and Oliver Tostmann ; with essays and entries by Babette Bohn, [and 7 others].

A brand new look at the extraordinary accomplishments of early modern Italian women artists. This generously illustrated volume surveys a sweeping range of early modern Italian women artists, exploring their practice and paths to success within the male-dominated art world of the period. New attenti...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Wadsworth Atheneum (Host institution)
Detroit Institute of Arts (Host institution)
Other Authors: Straussman-Pflanzer, Eve (Editor, Contributor)
Tostmann, Oliver (Editor, Contributor)
Bohn, Babette, 1950- (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Detroit Institute of Arts, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gentileschi, Artemisia, > 1593-1652 or 1653 > Exhibitions.
Gentileschi, Artemisia, > 1593-1652 or 1653.
Women painters > Italy > History > 16th century > Exhibitions.
Women painters > Italy > History > 17th century > Exhibitions.
Women painters > Italy > History > 18th century > Exhibitions.
Art, Italian > 16th century.
Art, Italian > 17th century.
Art, Italian > 18th century.
Women artists > Italy > History > 16th century.
Women artists > Italy > History > 17th century.
Women artists > Italy > History > 18th century.
ART / General.
Women painters.
Art, Italian.
Women artists.
Italy.
1500-1799
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Physical Description:208 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 x 26 cm
Variant Title:
Artemisia Gentileschi and women artists in Italy, 1500-1800
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Why have there been no exhibitions of early modern Italian women artists in Hartford or Detroit? / Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
  • The advantages of painting small: Italian women artists and the matter of scale / Oliver Tostmann
  • Art as women's work: the professionalization of women artists in Italy, 1350-1800 / Sheila Barker
  • Catalogue / Babette Bohn, Claude-Douglas Dickerson III, Jamie Gabbarelli, Hilliard Goldfarb, Lara Lea Roney, Joaneath Spicer, Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, and Oliver Tostmann.