num_pages: 125
description: Both parents tried to hide their disappointment when their firstborn was a girl. From the moment of her unwelcome birth, Artemisia Gentileschi was to experience many rejections in her lifelong struggle for acknowledgment and approval. Orazio, her famous artist father, recognized the promise his oldest child showed which he hoped could be developed into doing what he did best, paint. She was not allowed to attend prestigious art institutes because she was a woman. Orazio hired Agostino Tassi to teach Artemisia privately to paint landscapes. Tassi raped her. She went to court and endured torture to prove she was not responsible for enticing Tassi. She moved away from Rome to Florence where she became a friend of Galileo and was commissioned to paint for the Medicis. At the request of Charles I she went to England to paint for his Queen, Henrietta Maria. Upon her death in Naples no mention was made of her great artistic skills.
language: English
title: Artemisia: An Outrageous Woman: A Woman’s Struggle for Recognition
titlecomplete: Artemisia: An Outrageous Woman: A Woman’s Struggle for Recognition
ratings_count: 2
publisher: PublishAmerica