Università Roma Tre

Beyond Caravaggism: Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi (about 1600 – 1653) (6CFU)

The course aims to analyse Orazio Gentileschi’s and his daughter Artemisia’s ouvre. The two painters were the most personal exponents of Caravaggio’s painting and caravaggesque international movement. Stylistic reading of the paintings and reconstruction of the artistic career and lives of the Gentileschis will be the method use during the course. The knowledge of Caravaggio’s ouvre is basic for the course. During the course lectures about paintings’ identification will be given.

Selected Bibliography:
More bibliography will be given during the course. At the end of the course slides of the lectures could be found at Ufficio Informatica. They are fundamental to prepare for the exam.
R. Longhi, Gentileschi padre e figlia, in “L’arte”, 1916, pp. 245-314.
R. Longhi, Gentileschi padre e figlia, Milano, Abscondita, 2011 (ried.).
R.W. Bissell, Orazio Gentileschi and the poetic tradition in Caravaggesque painting, London 1981.
R.W. Bissell, Artemisia Gentileschi and the authority of art; critical reading and catalogue raissoné, Pennsylvania State University 1999.
Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi, catalogo della mostra (Roma-New York-Saint Louis), a cura di K. Christiansen – J. Mann, Milano 2001.