Holofernes

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…

Theme: Feminism Can you name some artists? Well, there are Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Claude Monet and Michelangelo. Unfortunately, not a female artist is mentioned. More often than not, male artist tends to gain more recognition compared to a female who has got the same ability and talent as him. Out of the many works displayed, only a small percentage out of them is from a female artist. Why is it so? Through certain scientific reports, it is said that the males are more capable than the…

greatest of all time. She was an expert in her craft, painting dramatic subjects using the Chiaroscuro technique. Artemisia painted solid, full-bodied, but not overtly erotic, women and understood anatomy at a young age. She painted Judith Slaying Holofernes at about twenty years old, along with many other works of art that are hanging in museums today. Kaufman states that Artemisia’s work is the most interesting item about her, saying “These bare details of the life and art of Artemisia…

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…

and this is very biased because she is a woman, although she doesn 't have much to gain from saying it. Then there was Artemisia Gentileschi who painted Judith beheading Holofernes and in this painting it 's shown that a woman is beheading a man with the help of another woman possibly her maid. It shows the superiority of women because it 's showing that women are strong and that they can take charge and be powerful when…

Michelangelo di Lodovico Bunonarroti Simoni was born March 6, 1475 and died February 18, 1564. He is considered to be one the most famous and successful artist from the Italian Renaissance. Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor, architect as well as a poet. Michelangelo’s Sculpture of David is a magnificent testimony of the art and where people were at, at this time in the early Renaissances. Michelangelo’s works were claimed to be better than anyone else’s and that no other artwork could…

be nearly as 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…

this to make his paintings a cut above the rest. Caravaggio on the other hand had drawings that portrayed deep and symbolic messages. The emotions he felt during his life was plastered onto his canvas, as seen through the painting, Judith Beheading Holofernes, and other paintings. He had a fixation on death and things of that nature. Caravaggio was able to sneak in many symbols of religion that would fly over our heads today.…