Resistance is seen early, within the Renaissance period through Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting of Judith Slaying Holofernes. During this time this female artist was well known, but prior to events including her father she was refused recognition. Her skills were so great because of her father, a famous painter in society who saw what potential she possessed. Gentileschi dealt with the suppression of men when she applied for art schools and was denied because of her gender. Throughout her battle to be accepted in the art community, she encountered scrutiny from the public of a seven-month trial where they believed her father raped her while giving her private art lessons. Within this seven-month trial she was brutally tortured, bringing
