Artemisia Gentileschi

In the book, “But is it art?”, Cynthia Freeland takes a philosophical approach to allow the reader to understand why people decide to create art. In the beginning of the book, Freeland starts by explaining that some artists use scare tactics to promote their art. She mentions that using bodily fluid such as in Andres Serrano’s artwork is intended not to be controversial, but are not provided with a context for the public to often understand and appreciate (Freeland 2001: 7). Some artists feel…

Humanities 1020 Study Guide Chapter 15-17. Identify each in complete sentences: 1. Council of Trent The main principal of the counter reformation, the Council of Trent was one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most regal councils 2. Jesuits A member of the Society of Jesus, which was a Roman Catholic order of priests, founded by Ignatius Loyola 3. Ignatius Loyola Ignatius Loyola was the founder of the Society of Jesus 4. Counter Reformation The reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant…

Pieces Greek: Lacoon and his sons, Agesander and Athenodorus and Polydorus of Rhod es, sculpture, 150 B.C.E -first century C.E. Discobolus, Myron, sculpture, 460- 450 B.C. Rome: Column of Trajan, Apollodorus of Damascus, Column sculpture, 106 - 113. Emperor Constantine I , unknown sculptor, Marbl e statue, 325 - 326. Early Christian: Jonah m:d the Whale, sculptor unknown, sarcophagus, late third century Jesus the Good Shepard, painter unknown, mural, fourth century Gothic: Annunciation…

The Subjective Side of the Art The art is various in its manifestations. The style and topics of human paintings differ trough ages. The social taste and the need to sell the pictures influence the style of artists and thus the certain styles are being created and followed. The style inherent to the epoch can be seen through a comparison of pictures made in the certain time, by the different artists. The personal style of an artist also plays a significant role in the creation of the masterpiece…

Tastefully developed and carefully curated, The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University now holds one of the largest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The museum prides itself on displaying widely diversified paintings, a statement I do not fully agree with. Although the two-story museum’s walls are furnished with with a wide variety of subject content there is a chauvinistic sense about their collections. I am not saying there is an unequal ratio of male to female portraits…

compelling without it. Would Saving Private Ryan be as gripping and harrowing without violence? Would the words of Inferno by Dante Alighieri be so well-regarded and loved by so many through history? Would the painting Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi still depict the same tale of feminine heroism and hang in the Museo di Capodimonte in Italy? I argue they would not and that violence is an essential…