Feminism-Artemesia Gentileschi

Feminism-Artemesia Gentileschi Student`s Name Institutional Affiliation Course title Date Feminism-Artemesia Gentileschi Bal, M. (Ed.). (2006). The Artemisia files: Artemisia Gentileschi for feminists and other thinking people. University of Chicago Press. Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the female artists who achieved recognition. She, however, became popular in the 1970s when female artists discovered her and included her in the Italian baroque painters. She continued stirring interests and her position and her canon position remains uncertain. She had a sensationalized history which overshadowed her art. The author Mieke Bal and other authors looked into the early life of the author and her status as an artist. The author considered the events which shaped the life of the artist, her relationship with her father and the rape case which she was a victim and tortured to give evidence. Artemisia turns out to be an artist with great works which have overcome the traditional events that defined her. Wilbourne, E. (2016). A Question of Character: Artemisia Gentileschi and Virginia Ramponi Andreini. Italian Studies, 71(3), 335-355. Virginia Ramponi Andreini and Artemisia Gentileschi and according to pictorial evidence indicate that Andreini had taken photos of Gentileschi paintings. Andreini`s presence with Gentileschi is an indication of a continuation that cannot be doubted between the strong female characters that make their respective works popular. For both characters, there was a signal place that was accorded to the response of the betrayed woman who was affected. Buckley, P. J. (2013). Artemisia Gentileschi, 1593–1653. American Journal of Psychiatry, 170(8), 832-833. Artemesia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter. Her artwork was used to bring attention to critical female issues. Her paintings received a lot of attention due to the provocative nature of her work. Art work was not even accepted by women during this time. In the 17th century, feminism focused on establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Her artwork is influential and impacted the feminist movement. Gentileschi painted nude women because she was privileged to do so be...