aesthetics

- Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

The specific conversation between pre-Columbian objects and modern works by Duchamp

—NYU Institute of Fine Art Newsgram

Artemisia Gentileschi Bactrian aestheticsSheila Barker This second volume in the groundbreaking Illuminating Women Artists series delves into the stirring life and work of the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. The life of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593after 1654) was as exceptional as her paintings. She was a child prodigy, raised without a mother by her artist father, a follower of Caravaggio. Although she learned to paint under her father, she became an artist against his wishes. Later,