Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes

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Artemisia Gentileschi is an artist who became a well-known famous woman painter. Her 1614 Baroque artwork is done in an oil on canvas painting named Judith Slaying Holofernes, it shows a lot of emotions and a dramatic event. Gentileschi painting is a painting that makes us think and ask questions about the painting. Gentileschi uses dark and light colors in her Judith Slaying Holofernes painting. In the background the artist used dark brown and black colors by incorporating them by using some brush strokes. The colors in the clothing and sheets seems bright and it catches the viewer’s attention because of the background that she used. Gentileschi also used a lot of lines in the sheets, dress, and in the blood. The line makes the dresses and sheets look …show more content…

In Judith Slaying Holofernes it clearly depicts individual psychology because of the violence and torture that the artist shows in her painting. Holofernes face shows a face that he doesn’t understand what is happening to him at that moment and it also shows that he is scared. Both woman shows hate and sadness in their face, but mostly hate because they are looking directly at Holofernes. Gentileschi delivers an emotional effect on viewers because it makes us think why is the painting so violent and to see that she was able to show such violence in a painting in such a gruesome way is incredible. In the painting Judith Slaying Holofernes it represents the artist psychological context. Based on lecture notes from Patricia Bostian, Formalism is assumed that the work is carefully calculated to the works unity. Some of the Formalism ideas that contribute to Gentileschi painting are: the theme, conflict, and the

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