{"id":87,"date":"2019-10-01T03:33:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kathrinteh\/?p=87"},"modified":"2019-10-01T03:35:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T03:35:14","slug":"artemisia-gentileschi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kathrinteh\/2019\/10\/01\/artemisia-gentileschi\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemisia Gentileschi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Baroque painter and considered to be the best of her time (among women) Artemisia Gentileschi was venerated for her dramatic realism and tenebrism. In an industry dominated by men, she flourished despite the abundance of challenges thrown towards her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

At 17 years old, Artemisia was raped by her tutor and father’s colleague, Agostino Tassi, only five years after the death of her mother. During the rape trial, she was tortured and had her fingers crushed to prove her honesty in the courtroom; Tassi was found guilty and exiled from Rome, though nothing was strictly enforced. However harrowing these tragedies were, they didn’t hinder her aspirations as an artist – at the age of 23 she became the first woman to join Florence’s Academy of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artemisia was also an avid fan of Caravaggio and adopted the infatuation from her father Orazio, who was also a painter and had a brief friendship with the aforementioned capricious artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of her most famous works, Judith Slaying Holofernes<\/strong> is a personal favourite of mine, and is extremely captivating with the added knowledge that Artemisia painted this with her rape in mind; herself depicted as Judith and Tassi as Holofernes.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n