Episode 1: The Unforgotten History of Artemisia Gentileschi

Episode 1: The Unforgotten History of Artemisia Gentileschi

Educated and Expelled

22/02/2018 10:27PM

Episode Synopsis "Episode 1: The Unforgotten History of Artemisia Gentileschi"

Artemisia Gentileschi, a 17th century Italian Baroque artist. Born under Orazio Gentileschi, another Italian Renaissance artist, Artemisia faced societal backlash since she started painting as a teenager. Her paintings changed the way Florence and Naples thought about Caravaggism, yet, art historians reassigned her work to men and "rediscovered" her in the 1970's. What happened to Artemisisa in between 1593 and the second-wave of feminism? Check out the website to follow her paintings with the audio.

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