Tag: Artemisia Gentileschi
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Triumph of a Baroque Woman
In the pantheon of Baroque art, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656) stands apart. She was the first woman to gain admission to Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, a painter whose canvases rivaled—and often surpassed—those of her male contemporaries in power, drama, and psychological depth. Like Caravaggio, whose chiaroscuro she adapted and expanded, Gentileschi brought biblical and…
