Explainer: Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque heroine for the #MeToo era
- Written by Christopher R. Marshall, Associate Professor of Art History, Curatorship and Museum Studies, University of Melbourne
Detail from Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1616. Her role playing predates by centuries the preoccupations of artists such as Cindy Sherman. Wikimedia
Artemisia Gentileschi’s 17th-century painting, Self Portrait As Saint Catherine Of Alexandria, became only the 21st work by a female artist to enter...
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