I Know What I Am Hardcover by Gina Siciliano

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (2019-09-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 232 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781683962113
• Item Weight: 567.0 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

 This debut graphic novel tells the true life story of a pioneering female painter.

Michelangelo, Velázquez, 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.

About the Author

GINA SICILIANO is an artist and musician living in Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 2007.