My idol of the Renaissance period is the famous woman artist named Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born in Rome on July 8‚ 1593. Her father was a well-know Roman artist named Orazio Gentileschi and my mother was named Prudentia Monotone. She died when Artemisia was twelve. Most women artists in this post-Renaissance era were limited to portrait paintings and poses. She was the first woman to paint major historical and religious scenarios‚ such as her painting‚ Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ c.
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Mariam Ahmad Art History 102 April 28‚ 2011 Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Venus and Cupid‚ ca. 1625-30. Oil on canvas‚ 38 x 56 5/6 inches. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts‚ Richmond‚ VA. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Venus and Cupid is a painting of an angel caressing a woman resting on the bed. In actuality‚ the painting is about Venus‚ the Goddess of Love‚ who is asleep in a very luxurious and classical environment. While she is asleep‚ Cupid diligently wields a peacock-feathered fan to keep away pests
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Artemisia Gentileschi: the first female artist The first female artist‚ Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8th 1593 and would die as the most important woman painter in Early Modern Europe. At a very young age‚ Artemisia was introduced into the world of painting by her father‚ Orazio Gentileschi. Orazio was a well-known painter as well‚ with much of his work consisting in a Mannerist style. Italian painter Caravaggio‚ had a tremendous amount of influence on both Orazio and Artemisia. His realistic
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message Caravaggio was trying to portray as he is highlighted just as much as Saint Paul was. Saint Paul became a very prominenet Christian leader and according to the Testament he converted after encountering a resurrected Jesus on his way to Damascus‚ this would have been for any Christian an extremely Holy and divine moment‚ to have Jesu’s light shined upon you and in this picture nothing divine is represented‚ to the contrary‚ this is represented in a very vulgar way in which Caravaggio used
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The Renaissance was a period of time between 1300 and 1600‚ following a devastating outbreak of the bubonic plague. It gets its name from the French word for rebirth‚ because of the positive political‚ economical‚ and intellectual changes that came after the Black Death. People gave less power to religion and to the church‚ instead focusing more on secular topics. The idea of humanism arose‚ and the Feudal System of government failed. The most influential people from the Renaissance were the artists
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they must use in order to convey their image as successful as possible. Each medium has its advantages and disadvantages 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
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The Trials of Artemisia Gentileschi: A Rape as History This reading is about Artemisia Gentileschi and her stuggle through life as a female painter. Her father was a painter and she learned all of her skills through him. At this time in history it was very rare to find a female artist. Because Artemisia was raped at a very young point in her career‚ she did a lot of works dealing with women power. She would paint scenes of strong women from the Bible and other parts of history to demonstrate women
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A Comparison Between “Artemisia Gentileschi and Caraveggisti Painting” by Henry Sayre and “Artemisia’s Hand” by Mary D. Garrard When looking at the development of Western art history‚ people tend to focus on the male artists’ contribution but neglect the significant influence of female artists on the art world through their active engagement in the production of art. Artemisia Gentileschi‚ both as one of the the most accomplished Caravaggio’s followers and one of the first female artists to achieve
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Caravaggio Michelangelo Caravaggio‚ greatest Italian Baroque artist‚ was born in 1573. He had a complex character and a trouble personality‚ which he often got drunk and got involve into a fight. In 1605‚ he committed a murder and was sentence to death but he had been working in major Churches of Rome. Therefore‚ he had an important friend‚ Cardinal Del Monte‚ who became his sponsor and helped him to escape from Rome to Naples‚ where he was still painting a lot of incredible works. In 1610‚ Caravaggio
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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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