I. Introduction- Thesis Artemisia Gentileschi creative talent has led her to place the events of her lifetime on canvas, as she stood on the border between two worlds, that of an artist and woman.
A. Subtopic #1 Artemisia’s life had many challenges not just because she was a women but she was also a painter and this was rare in her time period.
B. Subtopic #2 She painted the Greek myth of a girl named Danaë and she too had a grim life.
C. Subtopic #3 Gentileschi was raped by a family friend and this experience inspired her to create an exquisite painting of Danaë.
D. Subtopic #4 Throughout the painting we can see various symbols that represent many diverse ideas.
E. Subtopic #5 The influence of Artemisia’s father plays an important role
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He then had to seek the head of the Gordon Medusa
5. By doing this he was able to protect his mother from anyone who wanted to hurt her
IV. Subtopic #3 During Gentileschi’s challenging life she is raped by her father’s colleague and she uses this event to inspire her painting of Danaë.
G. The painting of Danaë by Gentileschi is a narrative of rape
3. Zeus forced himself into Danaë’s fortress
4. Agostino Tassi forced his way into Artemisia’s body
5. Danaë laying on the bed suggests that she was aroused
H. Trials
7. Possibly lead up to a quote
8. Quote from the trial
9. Explain how the quote supports the topic
I. After the trial Tassi was exiled out of Rome for 5 years
6. After he was sentence she moved out of Rome
7. She most likely moved away to avoid seeing him again
8. She then married by giving herself confidence about men
V. Subtopic #4 Artemisia presents numerous symbols in her painting of Danaë.
J. Danaë represents sexuality
6. Her body and the bed represent this
f. The sheets are messed up on the bed
g. She is naked and has her eyes closed with her hand rested on her head
h. Her hair touches her arm to maximize the sexual powers of the painting
K. The coin suggest that she sold herself to zeus
10. The coins suggest