Artemisia Gentileschi

artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The Italian Baroque Period lasted from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. Gentileschi was a female artist who worked around the period of 1593 to ca. 1652. In order to narrow down the intricate details of the Italian Baroque Style, this essay will be focusing on the struggles of Gentileschi as a female artist in a male dominated period and further elaborate the misunderstood complexity of her works. By comparing Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait…

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofernes is a depiction of the story of Judith from the Old Testament of the Bible and how she saved her city by seducing the invading army’s general, Holofernes, and then got him drunk and cut off his head with his own sword. Judith and her servant then snuck back to the town with the general’s head in a basket. The town displayed the prize the next day and the invading army retreated. The most striking visual elements of this piece are the use of the…

Kassandra Bradley Dr. Ilona Szekely Art 200 27 April 2017 Compare and contrast (Eassy number 5) Grant Wood, Parson Weem’s Fable, 1939 Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant, ca. 1625 Grant Wood’s Parson Weem’s Fable and Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Her Maidservant are simliar and different in several ways. Even though the subject matter between both works of art are different there are some existing similarites in composition. By looking at the elements, I gain a better…

Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter known for her influential and breathtaking artworks. Artemisia artworks had an influence on artists that were women. The art she created was so persuasive and emotional that it inspired other artists to traverse themes that involved female empowerment and toughness. Because of this, it opened the door for future generations of artists to summon traditional standards and convey their distinctive perspectives. Artemisia Gentileschi was born July…

Throughout history, artists have depicted women to uphold different ideals of beauty that directly correlated with the world around them. The Bust of Queen Nefertiti, depicting the grace and power of a dominant Egyptian queen that corresponds with both the views of women as well as idealized beauty of the Amarna period; the Venus of Urbino, a piece that portrays the ideals of beauty, of the Renaissance that still remains fairly unknown in purpose and depiction; and Judith Slaying Holofernes,…

and this is very biased because she is a woman, although she doesn 't have much to gain from saying it. Then there was Artemisia Gentileschi who painted Judith beheading Holofernes and in this painting it 's shown that a woman is beheading a man with the help of another woman possibly her maid. It shows the superiority of women because it 's showing that women are strong and that…

Artemisia Gentileschi was a pioneering woman, defying societal norms and becoming one of the most well-known female painters during the Renaissance period. During a time when the artistic landscape was dominated by men, her work rivaled the paintings of many renowned artists during this period. Despite facing numerous challenges, the journey of Artemisia Gentileschi and her paintings serve as a testament to the resilience and determination she possessed. By delving into the factors that…

Renowned for her brutal renderings of Biblical scenes with female protagonists, Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the most prominent artists of the Baroque movement, backed by the patronages of the House of Medici and Charles I of England in a time especially hostile toward woman artists. Yet, despite her death in the seventeenth century, misogyny persists even in contemporary scholarship of Gentileschi. In both of their articles, Whitney Chadwick and Mary D. Garrard deliberate how gender and…

Michelangelo da Caravaggio’s painting Judith Beheading Holofernes examines goodness and purity in spite of engaging in the act of sinning. Painted in c.1598, using oil on canvas, this painting illustrates a scene from the biblical Book of Judith. It depicts three subjects in what appears to be a bed chamber. The middle subject, Judith is portrayed in the act of beheading the Assyrian commander, Holofernes while her maid looks on (fig. I). In this painting, Judith retains her status of purity and…

triangular form, chiaroscuro, different perspectives, and oil paints. It also used precise studies of human anatomy to perfect the depictions of human figures in pieces of art (Gardner’s 259). The Baroque period brought artist such as Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Bernini. These artist twisted many of the common ideas found in the Renaissance into a new form. Reinventing many ideas such as chiaroscuro, by adding a higher intensity light and deeper shadowing. Michelangelo and Bernini are…