...Artemisia Gentileschi the Renaissance Feminist Artist Manuel Hernandez Devry University Abstract Why exactly is Artemisia Gentileschi considered an early feminist? Doing a brief search and looking into her artwork, even for a brief amount of time and you quickly see why she was considered so. Her gender as well as the things she went through and experienced in her life heavily influenced Artemisia Gentileschi’s artwork. Some of the more famous and controversial paintings focus on females as being the main protagonist. There is plenty of controversy surrounding the paintings as well, since her father Orazio Gentileschi a painter in his own right trained her. Some of her early paintings are questioned and he is given credit for them. Artemisia Gentileschi went through some unfortunate events in a short and young time in her life, which I believe influenced her greatly and made her focus on feminism. As stated in her biography (n/a) her mother died when she was 12 years old, a huge loss for a young girl. When she was around the age of 17, Agostino Tassi who was one of her father’s colleagues raped Artemisia Gentileschi (Biography et al., n/a). Further adding to the pain, because of the rape her father Orazio wanted Agostino to marry Artemisia (Biography et al., n/a). Luckily for Artemisia he refused to marry her saving her the pain of living with her rapist, and this caused Orazio to pursue a legal case against Agostino that lasted several months. In looking through Artemisia’s...
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...harmony, which I achieved by using variety to unify. Even though all of the items I used were different in shape and color from one another (besides the quarters), I was able to use many different shapes in the work hold together as a unified whole. This was also accomplished by using symmetrical balance to make the assemblage feel more natural to the viewer so that they are able to make natural connections my piece. Emphasis and focal point are the principles of art that were my primary concerns so that I would draw attention to a specific location in my work. I used directional line, implied line and enhanced contrast to draw the viewer to the focal point, which are similar techniques to that of Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. The enhanced light value of the lower portion of the quarters that form a cross figure create a strong directional line towards the one hundred dollar bill, where Benjamin Franklin can be seen “covering” his eyes. The reflection of light against the faces of both watches were meant to make an implied line through the cross...
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...ArtemisiaGentileschi: Visionary Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593, just before the beginning of the Baroque era. Gentileschi’s father was also an artist; he shared his techniques with his daughter who spent hours in his workshop before attempting to create works of her own. In her early teens, Artemisia claimed to have been raped by her artistic mentor, a possible cause of her feministic and brutally naturalistic views in the art world. Paintings like Judith Slaying Holofernes have sometimes overshadowed Self-Portrait due to their shocking subject matter from a woman at that time. For a woman at the beginning of the 17th century, being a painter represented an uncommon and difficult challenge. Gentileschi adopted her style of chiaroscuro from Caravaggio, whose paintings combined realistic observations of the human state with dramatic lighting. In this lighting, the viewer was able to detect multiple saturation levels of a given color. This new technique of shadowing changed the standard from simple black shading to lower levels of color by mixing in small amounts of black paint. Gentileschi exemplified her ability to use chiaroscuro in Judith Slaying Holofernes where deep reds fade in the blood that runs down the sheets and into darkness. In her Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, the use of lighting can be noted as an important component. The light is coming from the left, but is unique in that the source is not visible and is unusually...
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...Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) Considered one of the most important artists of the Baroque movement in Early Modern Europe, Artemisia Gentileschi, had to prove herself and break down the boundaries for a woman in a male dominated field. Artemisia was born in Rome on July 8, 1953 to Orazio and Prudentia Monotone Gentileschi, who died when the artist was only twelve years of age. Her upbringing was left to her father, who was also a well-known painter. He trained her since she was not permitted to learn in the studios of successful artists of the moment. Orazio introduced his daughter to the working artists of Rome including Caravaggio, whose tenebrism technique and chiaroscuro style had a great influence on her paintings. Unfortunately, other than artistic training, Artemisia, had hardly any other schooling and did not learn to read or write until she was an adult. Agostino Tassi was a Florentine artist with whom Orazio had a working relationship, however, this acquaintance proved to have dire consequences for his daughter. In 1612, at the age of nineteen, Artemisia, accused Tassi of rape. Orazio, upon learning of this horrible crime committed against his daughter filed an injury and damage lawsuit against Tassi, which is clearly documented in the transcripts of the seven-month long trial. According to Artemisia, Tassi aided by family friends repeatedly tried to be alone with her until he was successful in cornering her in her own bedroom where the rape took place...
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...A research paper by Roberto Longhi, an important Italian critic, dated 1916, named Gentileschi padre e figlia (Gentileschi, father and daughter) described Artemisia as "the only woman in Italy who ever knew about painting, coloring, doughing, and other fundamentals". Longhi also wrote of Judith Slaying Holofernes: "There are about fifty-seven works by Artemisia Gentileschi and 94% (forty-nine works) feature women as protagonists or equal to men".[13] These include her works of Jael and Sisera, Judith (Judith and her Maidservant), and Esther. These characters intentionally lacked the stereotypical 'feminine' traits—sensitivity, timidness, and weakness—and were courageous, rebellious, and powerful personalities.[14] A nineteenth-century personality...
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... population 5000 Anna Perenna was the Roman goddess of the year considered in constant flow and permanent return, the name derived from the Latin word annus for year. There was a festival on the 15th of March, the first Ides of the old year, - celebrated in a holy grove on the banks of the Tiber River, at the first mile post of the Via Flaminia. We would probably call the event New Year’s celebration. People wished each other ut amare perennareque commode liceat. Anna was also the first name of Dido’s sister, mentioned in Virgil’s Aeneis in Book IV. ATHENS 15 miles N of Springfield 10 miles W of I 55 see under ALABAMA population 1800 ATLANTA on I 55 between Springfield - 40 miles - and Bloomington - 20 miles see under GEORGIA population 1700 AUGUSTA 30 miles E of Iowa State Line on State Hwy 61 N of Springfield-Decatur latitude line see under ARKANSAS population 600 AURORA suburb of Chicago W of city S of I 88 see under COLORADO population 172 000 CARTHAGE 15 miles E of Iowa State Line on Route 136 latitude Bloomington-Normal population 2500 CICERO 6 miles W of Chicago Harbor population 80 000 Cicero, 106 - 43 B.C., is considered to be the master of classical Roman prosa writers, born in Arginum in the Province of Latium and murdered near Caiata. He is well-known also as a great orator, having learned his rhetoric skills in Greece and in Asia Minor (79 - 77) where he also studied philosophy and law. His cursus honoris, i.e. his political career, encompassed the...
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...Should we continue to be ignored Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith artwork? The Judith Slaying Holofernes artwork was very popular at the time 1597-1651. However, only male artists were received the credits being an artist. The female could not be recognized as an artist at that time. As Artemisia Gentileschi was a female artist at the time, she was not receiving the credit as being an artist. Many male artists had created a piece around the subject included Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes, Lucas Cranach’s Judith with the head of Holofernes, Andrea Mantegna’s Judith and Holofernes, Peter Paul Rubens’ Judith with the head of Holofernes, and many more other artists. Artemisia had painted Artemisia’s Judith Slaying Holofernes, but she was not well received as an artist because she was a female....
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...Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter in the early 17th century. At this point and time, it was hard for females to make a name for themselves, especially in the art world, but Artemisia refused to give in to that role. Having been trained by her father, Orazio and his friend Caravaggio, at a young age, she showed talent and had her own unique style that set her apart from many of the men artists during her time. This is what makes Artemisia Gentileschi an icon of Feminist art.Her depictions of famous scenes differ greatly from men’s. In her first signed painting, Susanna and the Elders depicts the story of a young woman being sexually harassed by the elders in her community. While, many of the male artists at this time depicted the woman as being coy...
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...steps they took in order to try to solve those problems. One of the biggest steps taken was the establishment of Artemisia in 1973. The main purpose of this was to support and nurture the career of a whole new generation of women artists. Artemisia was established after Joy Por and the decision to establish it was decided after the first women's cooperative gallery in New York City. The gallery officially opened in September 21. The first topic which they chose to discuss was Gentileschi's art piece. Susannah and the Elders. The painting itself consists of Susannah being spied on by two elders while she is left alone bathing. Susannah of course stood her place and refused their offer of submitting to them sexually. Once Susannah refuses, they threaten to blame her of adultery, a crime that back then was punished with death. Sadly, the word of a man counted more than the one of a woman. Yet, the...
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