Artemisia Gentileschi: Female Artist During The Baroque Period

The renaissance period was geological time period whose the meaning the of art humanism in past and present day. It was a blowup of estimation and knowledge. In addition, it was reincarnation of rediscovery of ancient written work and giving the European culture painting a new meaning as a whole. At that time female were not appreciated, as artist whether the male were realizes as such .This was the society for woman artist at that time. They for the man were well recognize for their art like poem, art piece and there sculptures. As the renaissance period end, the Baroque period begin. That when females artist started to get realizes for art work by Artemisia Gentileschi. Gentileschi was a female Italian painter that painted
Even through Artemisia did not achieve as being greater art then Caravaggio but she one great artist at that using her experience to express her emotion and desire (Hoeschen class). When Artemisia was eighteen painted her first which was called Susanna and the Elder, which describes how woman vulnerable in a man imaginary world. Since Artemisia was a woman give advantage over male painter because she could paint live nude female models, the male were prevented for painting any live female nude models. Many Artemisia painting feature hopeless, fierce female portrait, some of which enacting bloody vengeance on men who have hurt them. She specialized in history painting rather than certify in real like portrait. She painted many portrait slowly surpassed her father became a better painter then he ever Artemisia works emphasis her emotional changes by placing on the heroine triumphant over the male figure. One of her most famous portrait was painting Judith and Holofernes. Gentileschi paints a scene with Judith her servant holding down Holofernes, while Judith cut through his neck with a sword. You could see the emotion hatred toward Holofernes in Judith facial expression. Since biblical heroine favorite subjects paint the Judith and Holofernes seven
She had painted many of her with painting blush and painting of motherhood showing the love a mother had for her child. She paint many painting of woman embracing their child, she resemble her daughter when younger which tell shows she love her daughter generally. She painted to her final, which portray that, she passionate about painting, which is something that is dearly to her like it her on child. One of her last painting was in final years was The Birth of St. John the Baptist which is religious paints which shows group of women trending a new born baby by the name of john. The baby is probably held by his Elisabeth, which is another example that Artemisia love painting to emotion portrait that has good out to it which she that she religious also even some of portrait twisted the story a little in turn it in to her own