I Know What I Am

Description

Michelangelo, Velzquez, Rubens, Rembrandt all larger-than-life Renaissance figures celebrated for their mastery of their art. But often overlooked in this pantheon of Old Masters is Artemisia Gentileschi Italy’s greatest female painter.

In her debut graphic novel, Gina Siciliano brings to life the tumultuous 17th-century cities of Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice, where the fearless Artemisia braved the male-dominated sphere of painting to become a groundbreaking artist.

I Know What I Am paints a complex, feminist portrait of Artemisia as a single mother, a sexual assault survivor, and a pioneering practitioner of her craft.