Images of Women in Western Civilization Women’s Roles in Society and Contributions to the Art during the Renaissance Period GENTILESCHI‚ Artemisia Judith and Her Maidservant 1614‐20 Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)‚ Florence The Renaissance is the period in history that served as a liaison between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age era. Historically‚ it is the period known for great changes and adaptation‚ the cultural movement and the rebirth period that lead to great contributions
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. Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472) rediscovered and made linear perspective popular. Although the principle of the linear perspective was found first by Fillipo Brunelleschi‚ Alberti disclosed and explained it in the book On Painting. Precisely Alberi explained mathematically what proportions of the objects’ size had to be used in linear perspective. Alberti was born in Genoa in the noble family‚ studied in Padua and Bologna‚ lived in Florence and Rome. Aside of working on linear perspective‚ Alberti
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How did Bernini transform the new St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance building to a Baroque style building? Bernini built Baldacchino as the focal point for the huge interior of St. Peter’s right under the dome. He used bronze for the most part of the architecture which made it looked splendid and striking. Instead of mounting decorations between the columns like Renaissance architects and sculptors did‚ Bernini cast them on the columns. To make the entire architecture lively‚ he built some lovely
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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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(4th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. National Gallery of Art (2006). Rembrandt ’s Late Religious Portraits [On Line Tour]. Retrieved April 23‚ 2006‚ from http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/rembrandt/flash/index.shtm The Life and Art of Artemisia Gentileschi (2005). Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes . Retrieved April 24‚ 2006‚ from http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith5.html Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. (2006). Baroque. Retrieved April 23‚ 2006‚ from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque#Baroque_visual_art
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It is interesting to note that at the time this was painted‚ Artemisia Gentileschi was just seventeen years old‚ and was enduring sexual harassment from the artist she was apprenticed to‚ a man named Agostino Tassi‚ who later raped her. These incidents gave Gentileschi incredible insight into her subject’s experience and thus she was able to create an interpretation that was uniquely perceptive and candid. Artemisia Gentileschi‚ however‚ was a woman‚ and the talent and creativity she possessed was
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In the mid-1300s‚ the bubonic plague entered Sicily through docked ships carrying infected rats. Millions of Europeans died within hours of infection as a result of the outbreak. Most people at the time knew nothing of this illness and were heavily involved in religion‚ superstition and rituals. Europeans began accepting and spreading Christianity throughout the region and artists found a new perspective on creativity. Italy was heavily impacted by the plaque for centuries as it reoccurred more
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inspired Gentileschi’s detailed painting. Carvaggio painted his rendition of Judith Beheading Holofernes two decades prior to Gentileschi’s. His work was on permanent display in Palazzo Barberini in Rome‚ Italy; it is highly likely that Artemisia Gentileschi was inspired to present her own rendition of Judith that fit her feminist ideals in response to Carvaggio’s display of this biblical heroine. The scene of Judith slaying Holofernes stands as a biblical moment of triumph of virtue over tyranny. The
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“He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.” This quote by Titian is meant to signify the importance of preparing before performing an activity‚ because otherwise‚ you will not end up with the result you want. Titian was an artist in the early stages of the Italian Renaissance‚ and was regarded as one of the best artists in the world by many Venetians. In fact‚ not only Venetians thought this‚ all around Italy it was agreed that Titian was the best artist‚ second to only Michelangelo
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Kaci contraro Period 4 5/5/16 Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome on July 8th‚ 1593‚ and was thought to have died in 1653. Judith Slaying Holofernes is an Italian painting by Artemisia created in the baroque period‚ it was officially completed within 1614 to about 1620. She did it on an Oil Canvas. The dimensions of this Oil Canvas are 158.8 cm × 125.5 cm ((6’ 6" X 5’ 4") 78.33 in × 64.13 in). The location of this painting is in a museum called “National Museum of Capodimonte
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