Orazio Gentileschi and the Poetic Tradition in Caravaggesque Painting

by R. Ward Bissell and Ward Bissell

The first comprehensive examination of Gentileschi's art and its pan-European influence, this interpretive study reveals how his art responded to changing artistic tastes and sociocultural influences and dispels the myth that his exquisite paintings came only from "the tip of his brush." It does so by addressing his deliberate stylistic/expressive decisions in considering subject matter, didactic function, scale, medium, physical location, and patronage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271002638
• ISBN13: 9780271002637
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"