Artemisia won the lawsuit (Sayre 295). Not long after the trail‚ Artemisia painted five separate versions of biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. In the first version‚ Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes‚ Sayre claims that Artemisia transforms her own adversity in her paintings and treats Judith as a self-portrait of herself (296). Just like the Jewish heroine Judith who seduces and beheaded the lustful leader in the enemy Assyrian camp to protect her country‚ Artemisia also seeks revenge
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own ways. In the story of the Bible‚ a woman named Judith in ancient Israel who made the ignominious defeat of the Assyrians‚ an army bent on world domination. Meanwhile‚ on the other side of the world‚ a story was recorded in The Collection Yuefu Poems. Ancient and war-torn China‚ hundreds and hundreds of men were called upon to defend their homeland. Unknown to all‚ there stood one female among the soldiers. Disguised
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first started painting would have displayed her work in her father’s workshop where today galleries are important to view her artworks as they are the only place you would find them. Two of her artworks are ‘Susanna and the Elders’ and ‘Judith Slaying Holofernes.’ Banksy is famous for his graffiti art although he has kept his identity a secret. Most of Banksy’s works are found around in cities and towns widely available to the public‚ is audience. For example‚ his artwork ‘Sunflower field Gas
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born 28th September 1571 in Milan Italy. He was a dynamic painter whose vibrant artist techniques of tenebrism and dramatic realism caused uproar throughout his career. He is known today as one of the most innovative artists of his time. Caravaggio’s father‚ Fermo Merisi was a known to be an architect/decorator to the local merchants. His mother‚ Lucia Aratori was the daughter of a baker and came from a well established family within the same region. In
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Beardsley’s J’ai baise ta bouche Iokanaan (figure 9)‚ Judith I (and the head of Holofernes) (figure 11) looks at a biblical subject as a representation of the “New Woman.” Judith is depicted as simultaneously sensual and perverse‚ and she gazes at the viewer through half lidded eyes while she is holding the head of Holofernes (Gustav Klimt Museum‚ 2015). Klimt contrasts pleasure and decadence with pain and tragedy. Judith I (and the head of Holofernes) takes academic subject matter that was common throughout
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In "True Love"‚ Viorst skillfully gives examples of a comical and realistic view of love. The poem is aptly named true love because love does not simply imply feelings of passion‚ but of fondness‚ friendship‚ affection and devotion. The wife puts on make-up and watches football games just to please her husband out of love. The husband is willing to wear clothes that are unironed and listen to his wife’s opinions‚ even if he disagrees with her‚ because he loves her. When he works late‚ the wife would
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“It was the slender naked body of a man who looked as if he could break through the steel plate of a battleship and through any barrier whatever. It stood like a challenge. It left a strange stamp on one’s eyes. It made the people around it seem smaller and sadder than usual. For the first time in his life‚ looking at the statue‚ Keating thought he understood what was meant by the word “heroic”.’ – Ayn Rand‚ The Fountainhead. In Ayn Rand’s philosophical fiction novel‚ The Fountainhead‚ she dwells
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RELATED INTRODUCTION BRIEFLY AND THE THEMATIC MEANING TO ONLY UNDERSTAND THE POEM--‘Caedmon’s hymn’ ORIENTATIONS BRITAIN‚ ENGLAND AND ENGLISH “The cliffs of England stand Glimmering and vast‚ out in the tranquil bay.” Matthew Arnold‚ ‘Dover Beach’ (c.1851) The cliffs at Dover were often the first of Britain seen by early incomers and have become a familiar symbol of England‚ and of the fact that England is on an island. These cliffs are part of what the Romans‚ perhaps from as early as the 2nd
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had positive impacts too. Women in the bible can be overlooked quite easily. Women have been important throughout history and it is important that they are not overlooked when looking at the Old Testament. The books in the Old Testament of Esther‚ Judith‚ Ruth‚ Deborah‚ Rebekah‚ and Rahab are examples of women who were very strong in the bible. Esther is rarely self-assured for a woman during her time. In a time where it would have been much easier to back down and be passive she was the opposite
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com/topics/french-revolution. Gontar‚ C. (2000). "Neoclassicism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm (October 2003) Gentileschi‚ A. (1612-1613). Judith Slaying Holofernes. Retrieved from http://www.everypainterpaintshimself.com/galleries/slideshow/gentileschi/
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