Artemisia Gentileschi

Gentileschi painting demonstrated a more serious look on life and yet that women who are called such gentle creatures can have the instants and motive within them as well to kill, that women can be just as vile as men and be able to kill. Virtuosity in painting…

According to The Humanistic Tradition Vol. 2, “Baroque is associated with such features as ornaments, spatial grandeur, and theatrical flamboyance” (p. 47). However, the manner that I would define Baroque would be that Baroque involves dark lifelike paintings; scrupulous and carefully crafted sculptures; meticulous, spatial, and secular architecture; attentive and diligent performances. The manner that the Baroque movement reflected on social realities involved delivering a new perspective on…

Italian Renaissance was a pinnacle point for the study of human anatomy, such studies can be seen through the detailed paintings of human bodies by Renaissance artists. The contortions of Holofernes’ body depict the human anatomy studies done as Gentileschi highlights the muscles of Holofernes’s arms and legs. This emphasis was to depict the anatomy of a common male figure at the time, but it is also important as she also emphasizes the scale and apparent strength of Holofernes. His muscles are…

Caravaggio took Italian Baroque art in a new direction. One of the biggest changes in Caravaggio’s works is that instead of sticking to the norm of painting a generalized, almost stylized version of the subject matter, he painted with intense realism. He painted every detail that he saw. From the dirt under a person’s fingernails, to the perfect brown spots on rotting fruit. This actually caused Caravaggio to run into some trouble with his paintings. When commissioned to do a painting of Saint…

colors and contrasts. Realism in paintings and sculptures was an integral aspect of baroque art. Artemisia Gentileschi’s, Judith Slaying Holoferne, is a great example of baroque art. At first glance of the painting, viewers are stunned by what’s going on with Judith beheading Holoferne. The extremely violent scene draws so much attention that it’s hard to look away from the dramatic painting. Gentileschi depicts are stark contrast…

Art is like a weapon. It’s visually appealing creativity acts as a powerful form of ideological ammunition for discussing the pressing issues that society faces today. A simple image has the ability to embody people’s feelings and thoughts through not only aesthetic admiration but most importantly, to provoke deep questioning of our social and political landscape. The Feminist art movement that emerged in the late 1960s paved way for women to create liberating and inspiring messages to encourage…

during this time. The new birth of resurrection known as the "Renaissance" is usually considered to have begun in Italy in the fourteenth century. There were many famous artists during this period, people along the lines of Leonardo Da Vinci, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Titian. Jan van Eyck was also an artist of the Renaissance who was known for perfecting the newly developed art of oil painting. Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter born…

religion. There was more emphasis on individuals, showing their importance. The use of shadowing and many brighter colors also enhanced the art. Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Artemisia Gentileschi were the most famous artists of the Renaissance. Middle ages literature downplayed the brutality of knighthood and feudal warfare in the 1100s. Epic poems were popular, such as the famous “The Song of Roland”, as well as love poems and…

were also used in Baroque art to create a sense of unity. In Judith and the Maidservant with the head of Holofernes we see many of these characteristics, including a spiritual element as it depicts a story from the Old Testament. The painter Artemisia Gentileschi, used dramatic lighting to cast a shadow on Judith’s face to create a feeling of danger, urgency and suspense, a technique called chiaroscuro. It is even more intensified given the context of the painting as Judith and Abra prepare to…

surrealism depicted by Salvador Dalí. The vast expanse of emotion behind visual art is truly beyond the peripheral of the mind’s eye. The talents depicted by such magnificent Baroque artists such as Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and the female painter Artemisia Gentileschi as well as many others have given artists through the ages to both inspiration and encouragement to pursue their own work. Baroque Aesthetic Principles Describing a period of time between 1590 and 1720, the Baroque period is seen…