Valentina Cervi Essays

Artemisia Gentileschi has remained one of the most famous women artists in modern history that is not famous for solely her skill. Though talented, scholars have instead chose to highlight the sexual assault and personal struggles Gentileschi went through as a means to deeper understand and criticise her masterful art. Although she painted few altarpieces and no frescoes, her talent was still comparable to some of the great male masters of her time, with her rendition of the story of Judith and Holofernes

Questions on Frida 1. How did Kahlo become a feminist icon? In a time were art was full of male artists and their work, Kahlo came and drew from her heart. As her husband puts it, Kahlo paints what she feels and goes through rather than just what she sees. She has put her life and biography into her work. As a local critic puts it “It is impossible to separate the life and work of this extraordinary person. Her paintings are her biography” (Lucie-Smith, 2008). Kahlo’s life was full of all kinds

In volume thirty-one of The Sixteenth Century Journal, there was an intriguing article called “The Trials of Artemisia Gentileschi: A Rape as History” by Elizabeth S. Cohen. This article describes one of the major life events of Artemisia Gentileschi and how it helped shape her into becoming one of the best female painters of the Baroque Era. Artemisia was born on July 8, 1593 in Rome and the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, who was a successful Italian painter. In 1605, Artemisia’s mother died which

The Grande Odalisque is an oil painting from 1814 by Jean Ingres. The painting is of one of the most famous harem girls in the history of art. The girl is young, nude, and beautifully lounging in a luxurious environment with a turban on her head an a peacock feather fan in her hand. This painting is currently located at the Louvre Museum in Paris and can be found in any art history textbook. The word Odalisque in the title is a French term for a woman kept as a sex slave in a Turkish, Persian, or

Once, there was a woman who claimed that her identity is like the spirit of Caesar. She was raped when she was nineteen, and public condemned her of losing her virtue, even though virtue is not a woman’s consumable good that can be achieved by purity or lost by accident. This reaction is similar to that of a school teacher in the poem of Martín Espada, My Native Costume. In the poem, the teacher asks the writer to wear traditional costume for the students even though the writer defines himself as

Painting the Way for Women When Artemisia Gentileschi began painting, as an apprentice under her father’s eye, art was a male only community. At this time, there were no female artists and throughout her life Artemisia Gentileschi broke boundaries and overcame the general consensus that women were not artists. Her life was full of tragedy that she persevered past, all while using the horrific events and bible stories to create something powerful. Artemisia Gentileschi overcame adversity within

Many years ago Artemis lived. She is the goddess of nature, animals, and hunting. Her parents were Leto and Zeus. She was born a day before her twin brother Apollo. She is sometimes known as the goddess of the moon. She is sweet, caring and kind. She will punish you if your disobey her wishes or orders. Artemis made all cats big or small one color. For her it was hard to tell who was who because of their color. All her cats had different personalities. Though she still couldn’t tell them apart, it