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  1. "Judith Slaying Holofernes," Artemisia Geintileschi, c. 1612-3.

    Gentileschi (1593-after 1654) is considered the most accomplished artist of either gender in the Baroque period.

    This image, while gruesome, is from a Bible story, of the Jewish widow Judith, whose city was threatened by the Assyrian general Holofernes. She went to his tent to seduce him, got him drunk, and then she and a maid beheaded him. It was a favorite subject for artists of the period; many did their own versions of it.

    Gentileschi was famous for her naturalistic handling of the female form, and here she is dazzling. Judith is calm and determined, and is no dainty lady but an athletic woman; she HAD to be! Holofernes' writhing is very realistic as well; it's a shocking and believable image.

    This was painted soon after an infamous trial where she testified against a man who sexually assaulted her; many wonder if this was her way of expressing her rage. It's notable that she did six versions of the same scene.

    Much of her life is unknown; we don't even know when or how she died, just that her last commission was in 1654.

    From the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.

    #Art #ArtemisiaGentileschi #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #Herstory #BookOfJudith #Baroque #Biblical #Rage

  2. "Judith Slaying Holofernes," Artemisia Geintileschi, c. 1612-3.

    Gentileschi (1593-after 1654) is considered the most accomplished artist of either gender in the Baroque period.

    This image, while gruesome, is from a Bible story, of the Jewish widow Judith, whose city was threatened by the Assyrian general Holofernes. She went to his tent to seduce him, got him drunk, and then she and a maid beheaded him. It was a favorite subject for artists of the period; many did their own versions of it.

    Gentileschi was famous for her naturalistic handling of the female form, and here she is dazzling. Judith is calm and determined, and is no dainty lady but an athletic woman; she HAD to be! Holofernes' writhing is very realistic as well; it's a shocking and believable image.

    This was painted soon after an infamous trial where she testified against a man who sexually assaulted her; many wonder if this was her way of expressing her rage. It's notable that she did six versions of the same scene.

    Much of her life is unknown; we don't even know when or how she died, just that her last commission was in 1654.

    From the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.

    #Art #ArtemisiaGentileschi #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #Herstory #BookOfJudith #Baroque #Biblical #Rage

  3. On Saturday we performed Renaissance theatrical art in Columbus. On Sunday we went to view Renaissance painted art in Columbus!

    After our performance of "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon", one of our Players of the Patchwork suggested we attend a talk at the Columbus Museum of Art the following day on the restoration of "Hercules and Omphale" by the amazing 17th Century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few recognized woman masters of the art for the period.

    The story of the painting is also fascinating, previously unknown to the world at large until being damaged in the 2020 Beirut explosion but being restore after years of dedicated effort by the Getty Museum.

    We've explored works by Gentileschi and other artists for inspiration in commedia dell'arte!

    #Gentileschi #Artemisia #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Renaissance #Painting #Art #Hercules #RenaissancePainting #RenaissanceArt #Columbus #ColumbusMuseumOfArt

  4. On Saturday we performed Renaissance theatrical art in Columbus. On Sunday we went to view Renaissance painted art in Columbus!

    After our performance of "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon", one of our Players of the Patchwork suggested we attend a talk at the Columbus Museum of Art the following day on the restoration of "Hercules and Omphale" by the amazing 17th Century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few recognized woman masters of the art for the period.

    The story of the painting is also fascinating, previously unknown to the world at large until being damaged in the 2020 Beirut explosion but being restore after years of dedicated effort by the Getty Museum.

    We've explored works by Gentileschi and other artists for inspiration in commedia dell'arte!

    #Gentileschi #Artemisia #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Renaissance #Painting #Art #Hercules #RenaissancePainting #RenaissanceArt #Columbus #ColumbusMuseumOfArt

  5. On Saturday we performed Renaissance theatrical art in Columbus. On Sunday we went to view Renaissance painted art in Columbus!

    After our performance of "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon", one of our Players of the Patchwork suggested we attend a talk at the Columbus Museum of Art the following day on the restoration of "Hercules and Omphale" by the amazing 17th Century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few recognized woman masters of the art for the period.

    The story of the painting is also fascinating, previously unknown to the world at large until being damaged in the 2020 Beirut explosion but being restore after years of dedicated effort by the Getty Museum.

    We've explored works by Gentileschi and other artists for inspiration in commedia dell'arte!

    #Gentileschi #Artemisia #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Renaissance #Painting #Art #Hercules #RenaissancePainting #RenaissanceArt #Columbus #ColumbusMuseumOfArt

  6. On Saturday we performed Renaissance theatrical art in Columbus. On Sunday we went to view Renaissance painted art in Columbus!

    After our performance of "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon", one of our Players of the Patchwork suggested we attend a talk at the Columbus Museum of Art the following day on the restoration of "Hercules and Omphale" by the amazing 17th Century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few recognized woman masters of the art for the period.

    The story of the painting is also fascinating, previously unknown to the world at large until being damaged in the 2020 Beirut explosion but being restore after years of dedicated effort by the Getty Museum.

    We've explored works by Gentileschi and other artists for inspiration in commedia dell'arte!

    #Gentileschi #Artemisia #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Renaissance #Painting #Art #Hercules #RenaissancePainting #RenaissanceArt #Columbus #ColumbusMuseumOfArt

  7. On Saturday we performed Renaissance theatrical art in Columbus. On Sunday we went to view Renaissance painted art in Columbus!

    After our performance of "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon", one of our Players of the Patchwork suggested we attend a talk at the Columbus Museum of Art the following day on the restoration of "Hercules and Omphale" by the amazing 17th Century painter Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the few recognized woman masters of the art for the period.

    The story of the painting is also fascinating, previously unknown to the world at large until being damaged in the 2020 Beirut explosion but being restore after years of dedicated effort by the Getty Museum.

    We've explored works by Gentileschi and other artists for inspiration in commedia dell'arte!

    #Gentileschi #Artemisia #ArtemisiaGentileschi #Renaissance #Painting #Art #Hercules #RenaissancePainting #RenaissanceArt #Columbus #ColumbusMuseumOfArt