After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, it has been painstakingly restored over more than three years — and is now on show at ...

Gentileschi often gave her mythological and Biblical female figures a striking sense of agency, such as her most widely known scene of the widow Judith violently beheading Assyrian general Holofernes.

Since the 1670s, the production of Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, after 1653), daughter of the famous painter Orazio, has always been associated to some extent, particularly with regard ...

Artemisia Gentileschi, Allegory of Painting (Pittura), 1638–40, oil on canvas, Royal Collection Trust (© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019) Social Sharing *Originally published on May 25, 2022.

DISOBEDIENT: A Novel. By Elizabeth Fremantle. Pegasus Books. 368 pages. $26.95. Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she ...

Artemisia Gentileschi's painting skills quickly surpass her father's, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue. Art -- with its unsavory types and naked ...

Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills ... Art — with its unsavory types and naked ... Erotic elements of paintings like Caravaggio’s “Judith Beheading Holofernes” are frequently ...

The Old Testament Book of Judith would have been well-known to viewers of the 17th century, when the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi created the first painting.

Hailed as an icon and belatedly recognized in the 21st century, Artemisia Gentileschi was more than a victim of male oppression – she was a master painter in her own right. On Artemisia’s Honor Log In ...