Sheila Barker is an art historian and writer. She is the founding director of the Jane Fortune Research Program on Women Artists at the Medici Archive Project. Her publications include the exhibition catalogue The Immensity of the Universe in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni as well as the edited volumes Artemisia Gentileschi in a Changing Light, Women Artists in Early Modern Italy, and Artiste nel chiostro (co-edited with Luciano Cinelli).
Description
Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: Female Role Models in Counter-Reformation Rome; Chapter 1: 'Mizia': The Artist's Youth in Rome; Chapter 2: The Excellence of Women at the Medici Court; Chapter 3: The Pursuit of a Loquacious and Beautiful Art; Chapter 4: Operating on a World Stage: Naples to London; Epilogue; List of Illustrations; Bibliography
Reviews
'Sheila Barker's book provides a compelling and lively introduction to this endlessly fascinating, complex, and essential painter whose ambitious work challenged the gender-restricting conventions of her day by asserting her claim to be the equal of her male colleagues.' - Keith Christiansen, Curator Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art