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Artemisia Gentileschi

Portrait as Allegory of Painting,

1638-39, Royal Collection, Windsor

Artemisia: a woman-Artist-independent

at a time which these three terms

could not be approached under any circumstances.

Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome 1593 - Naples 1652/53): Roman painter (baptized in the parish of San Lorenzo in Lucina), founded by the painter Orazio Gentileschi, Pisa then thirty, and Prudence Montone, who died when she was twelve. First of six children (all boys), is instructed at a very early age to paint from his father, a follower of Caravaggio.
His figure we can say that it is still unknown in Italy, but much-loved and best known abroad, was brought to light by the current femminista.La its strong personality also fascinates her paintings are full of mystery.

Birth of St. John the Baptist Artemisia Gentileschi,

1633-35 oil on canvas, 164 x 258 cm Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado

Artemisia, had among other things, a long epistolary relationship and high esteem with Galileo Galilei (1564/1642) who stressed in his letters, dissertations on the Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems in the world of science, astronomy and physics. Artemisia, with his father, living on the theatrical scene of a Florence illuminated by new events in science and cultural. Rome in the year 1621/1630, followed strongly the painting and the style of Caravaggio, and sees the return period to the town of Artemisia and her father, but in this eternal place she finds a way to feed his flame 'love for art, then, subsequently launched in Europe and soon became a giant among the giants of the art projection of the century to come, the eighteenth century.

portrait as a martyr (Emboltred Evel merzherez)

1615, dastumad preveza

Danae, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri

daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi, since small cultivated a love of painting, art exclusively for men. Her father encouraged her and teach her craft, as well as transmit the profound interest in Caravaggio.

Judith Slaying Holofernes, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

"On your feet. With his left hand pulls his beard, and then the hair of Holofernes stretched out, like helpless beneath her. The hand right stop, and secure the woman warrior, holding a scimitar in one moment, slaughters man, the great general of a thousand victorious battles, the lieutenant of the powerful Assyrian king. Holofernes, opening her mouth, stifling a cry of impotence in silence, while slowly the veil of death tarnishes his eyes as the icy mists that hide everything, and is now a void, a deathly silence, the ghostly vision of a Lady Death ... Beyond the curtain of the camp that sees the conduct of the murderous act by the hand of a woman and his loyal servant, the armed soldiers guard the surrounding area, because nothing should happen to the great general of the King Not a word, a groan seems leaked, in una notte in cui la bella Selene brilla più intensamente del solito, e la grande Sirio, custodita dai suoi tre Dèi guardiani, dall’alto della volta profonda e senza confini, scruta gli umani comportamenti! Ma in vero… qualcosa di orribile, d’indefinibile ha reso i profili di un delittuoso atto, concepente e declamante la volontà divina, e la ferma concezione che la libertà non ha prezzo, deve essere riscattata con qualsiasi mezzo”.

Giuditta con la sua ancella, Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Artemisa was raped by a friend of painter Agostino Tassi famiglia.Orazio Gentileschi and the complaint process so broke the scandolo.Il is won by Artemis, Augustine is sentenced to serve a sentence of several years.
After the scandal, A, emigrated to Florence ... after marrying a Pierantonio Stiattesi.A Florence the artist resumed painting developed its own technical and isparandosi to Caravaggio. Although it prefers the most violent colors with which to create a supreme way of light and shadow, bringing out every detail, sorts of fabrics and draperies

Esther before Ahasuerus

traveled a lot, stopping in several cities for long periods (Genoa, Naples, Turin, Venice, London). In London, he participated with his father, Orazio, painter at the court of Charles I, the decoration of a ceiling of the House of Delights of Queen Henrietta Maria in Greenwich.Rimase long in Naples who became near his hometown of elezione.Di this period is the 'Birth of St John the Baptist' (Madrid, Prado) which can also be defined as one of his mature works: you notice a change finding intimacy, emotion, warm light and effective.

Madonna and Child (1610)

In addition to the many fans that were attrbuiti numerous sources tell of his great love with musician Nicholas Lanier in which he shares the most important story.
Artemisia Gentileschi died in 1653. Despite his skills, his reputation and his importance to her was not written very much. What remains of his life and his artistic experience are 34 paintings and 28 letters.

Penitent Magdalene, Artemisia GentileschiMisure 146.5 x 108;

year 1615 / 6 circaFirenze, Palazzo Pitti

Susanna ei Vecchioni, 1610, Schönborn Collection, Pommersfelden

Every work of Gentileschi painting complaint clearly between the lines and in the various subjects, the sad experience, that episode of his life like it or not, decided by trasparirà lines of his paintings, whose colors intense, at times dark, mysterious, enigmatic are a pure reflection of his wounded soul, soul nice forever canceled, impoverished, plundered the one true love. The same humanity that every child of every place and time, has always dreamed of and wanted to realize, crowned with the spousal love. The two become one flesh, similar to that divine love on earth! Deep analysis in psychological and psychoanalytic prints by Holofernes, expresses a manifestation of a restless mind, desire for revenge over the rape. Still, the paintings by Artemisia is contemplated, often, that the appearance of plump, fearless, energetic heroines appearing therein, they look like the face that we find in his self-portrait that sees martyr. And the captivating beauty of feminine features, are always the same transposition of the harmonious beauty of Artemisia.

Naples sees the last place of artemisiana 1630 to 1653, except for a brief English in 1942. Until the last drop of a candle blew out the front of the stage of life, to open wide the way to immortality of Artemisia Gentileschi

Discover Artemisia three years ago and I was fascinated by Soloimmagini and I love it.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Jael and Sisera,

1620, Budapest, Múzeum Szépművészeti.