Judith And Her Maidservant With The Head Of Holofernes Analysis

2 Dimensional Art The two dimensional art that I observed is called Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, created between 1623-25. The artist of this painting is Artemisia Gentileschi. This was a large painting that covered over half of the wall. This painting was created by using oil paint. Artists used oil paintings because it dries slowly, the colors are able to blend together, and lastly oil paintings allows the painting to be larger then what it normally would be. The process of making oil painting is the mixing of ground pigments, linseed oil, and a thinner. After the use of oil painting the final step is to apply a Glaze.
Two Dimensional Art Description Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, subject …show more content…
Marble was used to make this sculpture. This sculpture is a young boy who seemed to have killed two geese. In relation to size, the young boy is not the size of what a boy his age would actually be. The artist of this sculpture is Italian so I believe the setting of this sculpture maybe in Italy due to style of this sculpture. The figurine consist of geometric shapes. The texture that is used is visual texture. At a glance it appears that this sculpture is rough because granules are visually present however when touched, it is very smooth due to the glaze. The glaze makes the sculpture highly finished. Shadow is definitely used in certain areas of the sculpture the boy’s faces gives its own shadow onto his chest. Also, shadow is given off from the wings of the geese unto the back of the boy’s body. The artist wanted the artwork to be viewed at different angles. That idea is given due to the fact at first glance from the front you are not be able to see exactly what it is the boy is carrying because you can only see the geese’s head. However, once you look at the back of the sculpture you can see detail of the geese’s wings and feet. The artwork used space however it does not appear to be in