I have chosen the artwork Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1620. The reason I chose this painting is because of the graphic nature and the history behind the painting. The painting is 6’ 6 ⅜” x 5’ 3 ¾” oil on canvas located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence‚ Italy. The painting shows two women (Judith and her maidservant) holding down and cutting off the head of Holofernes. This is clear because of the sword that Judith is holding near his neck and the blood that is painted
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Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes and Joseph the Carpenter Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (98) and Georges de La Tour’s Joseph the Carpenter (151) are great examples of Chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro meaning the representation of balance between light and shades within artwork. This type of artwork is typical of the renaissance era. There are several aspects of chiaroscuro; modeling which is light falling across a curved or round surface. Highlights
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The Baroque Era and Today: Anti-antics of Artemisia Gentileschi Analyzed There is no historic age admired more then the Renaissance. This epic period defined the meaning of art and its connection to humanism in the past and present. It was an explosion of ideas and knowledge. It was a rebirth of learning based on the rediscovery of ancient texts‚ and a rebirth of the European culture as a whole. When the Renaissance ended the Baroque period emerged‚ that conveyed different ideas. There was a sense
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Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter born in Rome in 1593. Her father was Orazio Gentileschi‚ a well-known Tuscan master. Gentileschi and her brothers were given their first creative art lessons by their father. However‚ it later was apparent that Artemisia was greatly more artistic than her siblings. She established her first famous art piece at seventeen years of age. The name of this artwork was called “Susanna and the Elders”. Some critics feel Artemisia was harassed
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Artemisia Gentileschi‚ was widely appraised for her most distinctive work‚ the “Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting” (1638) that changed art as a frontier with gender barriers. In the Caravaggio styled self-portrait Gentileschi captures her own image through illumination that enables her to highlight the most distinctive elements of her feminine personality on the canvas. Made during the Baroque era‚ the painting is a representation of excellent use of oil to create different hues of color
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seventeenth-century Italy‚ Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the most influential and admired. She is the first woman in history of Western art whose historical significance is unquestionable (Chadwisck 100). Artemisia was born in Rome but was active in Florence‚ Naples‚ and London. Her father was the famous painter Orazio Gentileschi‚ and he was one of the most important of Caravaggio’s followers. Because her father’s artist style was inspired by Caravaggio during the time when Artemisia was learning how to
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Artemisia Gentileschi was a painter during the Italian Baroque period‚ and is widely considered one of the most prolific and influential artists of her time. She was contemporary to Caravaggio and greatly admired his style‚ as well as being the daughter of a painter herself. However‚ despite being arguably the greatest painter of her generation‚ many of her works are wrongly attributed to her father‚ and her influence is still being downplayed to this day. Artemisia’s greatest antagonist however
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when used‚ so artists must master the medium in a way that allows them to perfect their image. This is exactly what Artemisia Gentileschi has done with oil painting mediums. Known as one of the famous female Baroque artist‚ all of her works are perfectly painted with great detail and colors. When one looks at her works‚ one can see the excellence in her skills that are portrayed in her paintings. Oil painting has been around since the 7th century AD in Asia; during this time‚ unknown artists‚ in order
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Topic of research: The comparison of the portrayal of the females figures within the paintings “Judith slaying Holofernes” by Caravaggio and Artemisia. Caravaggio (1571–1610)‚ was the greatest and most influential painter of the Baroque style. He was also a quick-tempered Bohemian who was often jailed for brawling and was forced to flee from the law and his enemies‚ escaping to Naples‚ Malta‚ and Sicily at various times. His "travels" helped to spread his extraordinary style‚ which was soon imitated
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Judith and Holofernes The story of Judith and Holofernes from the book of Vulgate demonstrates the extraordinary power a woman can possess. Judith‚ the heroine of the story‚ saves her town from destruction as the author conveys her strength‚ faith‚ and determination throughout her quest against the tyrannical Holofernes by using various archetypes and themes. Before the actual story of Judith begins‚ the author provides some background information. The exposition is set in the great city of Ninevah
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