Anna Banti ARTEMISIA (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: ARTEMISIACondition: NewEAN: 9781913109004ISBN: 9781913109004Publisher: Small AxesFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/02/2020Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmAuthor: Anna BantiTranslator: Shirley D'Ardia CaraccioloContributor: Susan Sontag (Introduction by), Shirley D'Ardia Caracciolo (Translated by)Language: EnglishDescription: First published in 1953, Artemisia is a classic of 20th century Italian literature. From its first publication in 1953, Artemisia, a novel about Artemisia Gentileschi, an iconic 17th century painter, by Anna Banti, a brilliant Italian art historian, established itself as a feminist masterpiece. Like Penelope Fitzgerald's The Blue Flower and Marguerite Yourcenar'sMemoirs of Hadrian, Artemisia is a book about the process of artistic creation. Much in Gentileschi's life marked her out as a victim - rape at the age of 18, a forced marriage to a man she did not love and, a powerful, patriarchal father, Orazio Gentileschi, who failed to value her artistic genius. But Gentileschi did not accept the status of victim, in the years between 1610 and 1650, she produced over 50 paintings that have established her as one of the great painters of all time. She gave up everything - "all tenderness, all claim to feminine virtues" to dedicate herself solely to painting. Sacrifices that Anna Banti, herself an artist, fully understands and captures in this amazing novel.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionTopic: Historical Fiction, Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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