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Gentileschi

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Gen·ti·le·schi  (jnt-lsk), Artemisia 1593?-1652?
Italian baroque painter whose works include self-portraits and paintings of courageous women of the Bible.
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The book offers biographical sketches of 10 female artists from different time periods and regions, such as Europe, Canada, and Mexico, beginning in the 17th century with Artemisia Gentileschi.
Ball, Heather: Astonishing Women Artists by Astolfi, Anna / Childhood Education
JJ) Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith and her Maidservant (1613-1614), Judith and Holofernes (c1614-1620), Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (c1625), Judith and Holofernes (1625-1630), Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting (1630s) In the great Self-Portrait she painted in Britain while working for Charles I, this tremendously powerful artist depicts herself reaching physically forward into space as if painting is an epic elemental battle.
Artists beginning with G (part one) by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
For example, Miles notes how Artemesia Gentileschi, in her painting in the Galleria Spada, depicts the Christ Child momentarily pausing from his breastfeeding to gaze lovingly at his mother, gently touching her face as he recognizes that they are two separate beings.
A Complex Delight: The Secularization of the Breast, 1350-1750 by Wolfthal, Diane / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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