Renaissance and Reformation Biographies | Artemisia Gentileschi Biography

July 8, 1593
Rome, Italy
1652
Naples, Italy

Painter

"The works will speak for themselves."

Artemisia Gentileschi as quoted in Artemisia Gentileschi and The Age of Baroque. [Online] Available http://rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/artemisia/Artemis... , April 5, 2002.

The Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (pronounced jahntee-LES-kee) is regarded as one of the important women painters of the Renaissance. (The Renaissance was a cultural movement that began in Italy in the mid-1300s and was initiated by scholars called humanists who promoted the human-centered values of ancient Greece and Rome.) She achieved international stature for her progressive style, ambitious range of themes, and strong feminist expression. Influenced by the...