Holofernes

Gentileschi, the year 1598-99, painted on canvas with oil paint. This painting called Judith Beheading Holofernes is know as a baroque painting because of its use of shading the background completely black to draw focus to characters, it also displays a wide variety of emotions. The subject of Judith Beheading Holofernes is simple and is right in the title, it’s about Judith over powering Holofernes, choking him with ribbon and later taking his head off. This is a very powerful statement that can hold

In this essay, I will discuss the startling differences between two depictions of the story of Judith and Holofernes. “Judith with the Head of Holofernes”, 1495, created by Andrea Mantegna, is a small-scale painting that was completed during the Renaissance. The second is a Baroque painting, “Judith Slaying Holofernes”, c.1620 by Artemisia Gentileschi and is on a larger scale than the version created by Mantegna. Both artworks take inspiration from the religious story that appears in the Catholic

with the sword and a man’s head is deeply embedded in the iconography of Western art. As early as the 12th century, the Judith and Holofernes motif began appearing in book miniatures, decorative arts, paintings, and sculptures. What made this image so intriguing that throughout the centuries, artists kept suggesting their elucidations of Judith and Holofernes’ encounter? Was it because the image appeared to contradict the typical stereotype of a woman as an image of fragile femininity and

Judith and her maidservant be handing Holofernes Introduction The painting of Judith Beheading Holofernes was painted in 1602 by Caravaggio. The concept of the painting described the charming of Judith, and the Assyrian general Holofernes, the interest of the general to the Judith, and she decapitates him in his tent. In 1950, the painting was rediscovered from the part Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica collections in Rome. Character discussions Judith is the heroine of the story which was a beautiful

Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Trophime Bigot is an oil on panel painting. There are numerous different elements of art incorporated into this painting. There are no visible brush strokes as a result of the painter’s attention to detail. The three main figures and the drapes of the tent form a triangle. Judith’s face is the most illuminated and defined making her the central focus of the painting. The other woman in profile in the painting is facing her adds to this effect. Judith’s arms

Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi ultimately painted one of the most violent representations of Judith in the history of art (Straussman-Pflanzer, 12). Gentileschi was the only woman painter of the Baroque period in her time. She was born in Rome in 1593 to Orazio Gentileschi and Prudenzia Montoni. Artemisia was a follower of Caravaggio, whom art is frequently considered primarily in terms of its naturalism (Straussman-Pflanzer, 13). She also learned the principles of art from her

I will first employ the method of iconography to explore the figure of Judith in the art historical tradition, and how the depictions of other artists compare to that of Artemisia Gentileschi. The theme of Judith and Holofernes takes up a larger space in Gentileschi’s oeuvre than any other subjects. At least five autographed versions of the subject have been preserved, three of which are rightly appraised as amongst her finest works. The subject is taken from the Book of Judith, which 5 was composed

Conflict and Art: Renaissance to Modern Day The three works selected in this paper are: Judith Beheading Holofernes, The Death of Lucretia, and Le Dejeuner Sur I’herbe. Each artwork comes from a different era; the three eras being Baroque, Neoclassical, and Modernism. Judith Beheading Holofernes is a painting by Artermisa Gentileschi during the Baroque era of art in Italia. This painting is her visual of a scene told in The Book of Judith. In the scene Judith has gained access to Holofernes’s

The paintings Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes and Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Decapitating Holofernes (c.1620) were pieces that were painted during the Baroque art period. They are both based on the biblical story about Judith beheading Holofernes. To begin with, the painting by Caravaggio shows Judith recoiling from the gruesome task she is performing. This is emphasized by how delicate she seems to be handling Holofernes. A woman stands next to her in the painting simply staring in astonishment

The artwork I have chosen is Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes, in particular the version which is currently hanging in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Dated around 1612-13, the painting depicts the biblical Judith at the moment of her decapitating Assyrian general Holofernes. Gentileschi is reported to have done this painting as a commission for the Medici family. The painting starkly differs from previous versions of the scene, particularly the influential version made by Caravaggio