By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800

This book explores the achievements of early modern Italian women artists, providing insight into their practice and paths to success in a male-dominated art world. It features essays and technical analyses of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Fede Galizia, Elisabetta Sirani, Giovanna Garzoni, and other lesser-known artists. The works of art, in various media, reveal the stories of these women artists.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 22 October 2021
Publisher: Yale University Press

This lavishly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive examination of the remarkable achievements of early modern Italian women artists. It explores their artistic practices and the challenges they faced in a male-dominated art world of the period. Through meticulous archival research and detailed technical analyses of the exquisite paintings showcased here, including historical subjects, portraits, and still lifes, new light is shed on the methods and accomplishments of these women artists. An esteemed international team of art historians contributes essays and catalogue entries that examine the works of renowned artists such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, Fede Galizia, Elisabetta Sirani, Giovanna Garzoni, Rosalba Carriera, and other lesser-known Italian women artists. These works of art, presented across various media, including paintings and prints, unveil the captivating stories of these early modern Italian women artists.
The book is distributed by the Detroit Institute of Arts and is scheduled to be exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, from September 30, 2021, to January 9, 2022. It will then be showcased at the Detroit Institute of Arts from February 6 to May 29, 2022.

Weight: 1604g
Dimension: 258 x 295 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300256369