Holofernes

The world in which we live in is something that is constantly changing. Nothing ever stays the same. And with these changes in the world, there comes changes in painting as well. Painting has come a long way, and as the times change, the style, subject matter, and characteristics of painting change as well. The Baroque period took place between the years 1600-1750. There are two main characteristics that seem to be representative of baroque painting. There seemed to always be a sense of…

1466 of unknown causes and was buried in San Lorenzo, close to where his longtime friend – Cosimo de Medici. Some of the images created by Donatella during his best years in art include David – both marble and bronze, Mary Magdalene, Judith and Holofernes, crucifixion, Jeremiah, Abraham and Isaac among other artworks Florence is one of the oldest settlements; it is based in Italy. The city was founded at around 59 BC, mainly as a settlement scheme for the former soldiers who existed during the…

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…

brink of getting imprisoned. Because of this dilemma, he decided to return to Florence where he created the prominent statue of Perseus in the mid sixteenth century. The statue was placed close to Michelangelo’s David and Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes in the Piazza Della Signoria. Cellini’s contributions to the modern world include the story of how the Perseus statue came to be, the tale of Perseus himself, and the Greek themes of fate and destiny. The overdramatic and exaggerated…

people of color. When I think of classical figurative (containing a human figure) art images like Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, and The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. What doesn’t come to mind is Paolo Veronese’s Judith and Holofernes or one of the plentiful adaptations of a bible story picturing the brown magi arriving at jesus’…

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…

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a convention as “A way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity” (“Definition of Convention in English”). Conventions appear in every aspect of life, in both the past and the present. Conventions can be simple, such as setting a horror film on a stormy day or portraying women in media as a damsel in distress. Conventions tend to be more complex, and therefore more overlooked by the general public, in works of art…

Among some of the heroes, you can actually see Judith with the beheaded head of Holofernes who fits perfectly among the group as one of the few heroines in ancient history. Behind them are a small group of philosophers including, Plato and Aristotle, entailing that Fame is not just connoted with acts of heroism, but the benefit of society…

as a nun in the catholic church, it would have been mandatory for Arcangela Tarabotti to read and seek in depth information from the bible. Artemisia Gentileschi clearly demonstrates the idea of female superiority in her painting Judith beheading Holofernes(Document 12). This painting depicts two women decapitating a man on a bed and portrays an idea of the power women have to do what is thought of to be a man’s deed(Document 12). Painting this it would be probable to think that Artemisia…

The Renaissance and Baroque periods brought the world countless treasures both physical and of the mind. The art and architecture that came from this time has become as infamous as the artists and architects whose names are associated. Yet, a common thread appears in an overwhelming majority of these names the layperson can recite, and that is gender. Virtually all well-known artist of the time are men. This essay will briefly discuss the challenges faced by female artists during the…