Jakia Islam
UCLA ID: 804789190
Renaissance and Baroque Art-Discussion 1I
Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Gentileschi used the symbols written in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia to personify females in her painting.
The gold chain with pendant mask represents imitation
The unruly hair strands represent “divine frenzy of artistic temperament”
The garments with changing colors represent painter’s skill
The themes of the painting were hard for male viewers to interpret but female viewers can identify themselves with the portrait.
Pittura- “the allegorical representation of the art of painting as a female figure”.
Vasari was one of the first artists to use Pittura.
In the Middle Ages, the seven Liberal arts included Dialect, Rhetoric, Grammar, Arithmetic, Geometry, …show more content…
There was this distinction because painting and sculpture were considered subordinate and not requiring a lot of intelligence.
Many artists, such as Leonardo and Michelangelo, tried to elevate the status of painting and sculpture. The painting Athena Introducing Pittura to the Liberal Arts, by Hans von Aachen, helped elevated the status of painting by using female personification. Self-portraits also helped improve the status of art because they would portray the artist as a respectable member of society.
Unfortunately, allegorical personification and self-portraits did not really help the status of artists. Allegorical personification did not portray the artist so it doesn’t directly affect the status of the artist. Also, self-portraits were not helpful unless the artist was famous enough to be recognized by a viewer.
Artists sometimes used personal emblems to help elevate their position in society.
In Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as La Pittura, Gentileschi appears as the “living embodiment of the
UCLA ID: 804789190
Renaissance and Baroque Art-Discussion 1I
Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Gentileschi used the symbols written in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia to personify females in her painting.
The gold chain with pendant mask represents imitation
The unruly hair strands represent “divine frenzy of artistic temperament”
The garments with changing colors represent painter’s skill
The themes of the painting were hard for male viewers to interpret but female viewers can identify themselves with the portrait.
Pittura- “the allegorical representation of the art of painting as a female figure”.
Vasari was one of the first artists to use Pittura.
In the Middle Ages, the seven Liberal arts included Dialect, Rhetoric, Grammar, Arithmetic, Geometry, …show more content…
There was this distinction because painting and sculpture were considered subordinate and not requiring a lot of intelligence.
Many artists, such as Leonardo and Michelangelo, tried to elevate the status of painting and sculpture. The painting Athena Introducing Pittura to the Liberal Arts, by Hans von Aachen, helped elevated the status of painting by using female personification. Self-portraits also helped improve the status of art because they would portray the artist as a respectable member of society.
Unfortunately, allegorical personification and self-portraits did not really help the status of artists. Allegorical personification did not portray the artist so it doesn’t directly affect the status of the artist. Also, self-portraits were not helpful unless the artist was famous enough to be recognized by a viewer.
Artists sometimes used personal emblems to help elevate their position in society.
In Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as La Pittura, Gentileschi appears as the “living embodiment of the