Mary D. Garrard

Artemisia Gentileschi es, con diferencia, la artista más famosa de la Edad Moderna. Su obra aborda temas que siguen siendo de plena actualidad, como la violencia sexual o los problemas que tienen las mujeres para acceder al poder político. Sus potentes pinturas, con vigorosas protagonistas femeninas, han entusiasmado al público de nuestros días, en especial a las feministas. Este libro abre nuevos caminos al situar a la artista en el contexto de la historia política de las mujeres y sus reivindicaciones en la Europa de los siglos XVI y XVII. Mary D. Garrard analiza cuadros recientemente descubiertos, ofrece nuevas perspectivas de obras conocidas y reexamina a la artista en el ámbito del feminismo de la época. El resultado es un completo retrato de una mujer fuerte y de una gran artista que utilizó su arte para plantar batalla.… (plus d'informations)

Artemisia Gentileschi é talvez tão conhecida por ser uma excelente pintora como pela sua vida trágica. Ela foi estuprada por um amigo de seu pai, passou por um traumático julgamento após prestar queixas, tendo sido examinada e aceitado testemunhar sob tortura como forma de evidência [sic]. O culpado, mesmo tendo confessado o estupro e, mais importante na época, que ela era virgem, nunca pagou pelo crime.
Dizem que foi esse trauma que a fez se focar na figura de Judith, que virou uma especialidade. Mesmo com tudo isso ela foi capaz de ser tornar uma pintora reconhecida (depois de ter recuperado a respeitabilidade [sic] com um casamento arranjado), e espalhou a influência do Caravaggismo até Napoles. Depois de conhecer sua história, tive que comprar o livro para conhecer melhor sua obra.… (plus d'informations)

Book description from Amazon: Since its inception nearly 25 years ago, the feminist art movement has transformed the art world. Now, two professors of art history bring together 18 influential historians, critics, and artists to create this landmark volume. 245 illustrations, many in full-color. Bibliography. Notes. Time line.

From the book sleeve: Since its inception nearly 25 years ago the Feminist Art movement has presented a challenge to mainstream modernism that has radically transformed the art world. In The Power of Feminist Art, coeditors Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard, professors of art history at The American University in Washington, D.C., bring together many of the influential art historians, critics, and artists who participated in the events of the 1970s. Together, they have created this landmark volume, the first history and analysis documenting this fertile and dynamic period of artistic growth. We learn about the first feminist art education programs, with artists Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro helping to lay the foundation; about the now legendary Womanhouse project; and about such banner exhibitions as "Women Artists: 1550-1950, " organized in 1976 by art historians Linda Nochlin and Ann Sutherland Harris. We follow the development of the movement as seen in the various feminist organizations, networks, exhibitions, and publications it generated; and most particularly in the emergence of feminist art. Performance art, social protest and public art, and collaboration; exploration of such formerly taboo aesthetic areas as "Pattern and Decoration"; and subjects such as divinity and the body viewed from female perspectives are among the multiple aspects of the Feminist Art movement. The last section of the book traces the ups and downs of the movement, as experienced through the backlash of the 1980s and the resurgence of women's issues in the 1990s. Uncompromising, probing, thoughtful, and as provocative and exciting as the period itself, The Power of Feminist Art is an immensely stunning book. Reproductions ofhundreds of works of feminist art from the 1970s and beyond - by such artists as Judith Baca, Harmony Hammond, Joyce Kozloff, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Alice Neel, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Miriam Schapiro, Cindy Sherman, Nancy Spero, May Stevens, and Hannah Wilke - and themiticulously researched essaysmake this an invaluable source bookand major contribution to American art and social history.
Book review by Linnea S. Dietrich, Woman's Art Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Autumn, 1997 - Winter, 1998), pp. 49-51 http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1358556?uid=3737864&uid=2129&uid=2...… (plus d'informations)