Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art

Christopher R. Marshall

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Princeton University Press
01 October 2024

Art: financial aspects; Art & design styles: Baroque; Individual artists, art monographs; Feminism & feminist theory

A new account of the renowned Baroque painter, revealing how her astute professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacy

Art has long been viewed as a calling

a quasi-religious vocation that drives artists to seek answers to humanity's deepest questions. Yet the art world is a risky, competitive business that requires artists to make strategic decisions, especially if the artist is a woman. In Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art, Christopher Marshall presents a new account of the life, work, and legacy of the Italian Baroque painter, revealing how she built a successful four-decade career in a male-dominated field

and how her business acumen has even influenced the resurrection of her reputation today, when she has been transformed from a footnote of art history to a globally famous artist and feminist icon.

Combining the most recent research with detailed analyses of newly attributed paintings, the book highlights the business considerations behind Gentileschi's development of a trademark style as she marketed herself to the public across a range of Italian artistic centers. The disguised self-portraits in her early Florentine paintings are reevaluated as an effort to make a celebrity brand of her own image. And, challenging the common perception that Gentileschi's only masterpieces are her early Caravaggesque paintings, the book emphasises the importance of her neglected late Neapolitan works, which are reinterpreted as innovative responses to the conventional practices of Baroque workshops.

Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art shows that Gentileschi's remarkable success as a painter was due not only to her enormous talent but also to her ability to respond creatively to the continuously evolving trends and challenges of the Italian Baroque art world.

By: Christopher R. Marshall
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9780691253886
ISBN 10: 0691253889
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher R. Marshall is associate professor of art history, curatorship, and museum studies at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Baroque Naples and the Industry of Painting, the editor of Sculpture and the Museum, and a contributor to Painting for Profit: The Economic Lives of Seventeenth-Century Italian Painters.

Reviews for Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art

""Scholarly and accessible, [Artemisia Gentileschi and the Business of Art] opens up welcome conversations on an important artist of growing recognition."" * Choice *