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Problem: Artemisia vs Caravaggio and Empowerment Comparative Essay
First, watch and read the following videos and texts about Baroque Art, and the painters Artemisia Gentileschi, and Caravaggio:
• Introduction to Baroque Art
• How To Recognize Baroque Art
• Caravaggio and His Followers
• Artemisia Gentileschi
• Caravaggio, The Calling of Saint Matthew
• Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes
Then, use the comparison images of Caravaggio's and Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes to write a 250 word compare and contrast essay that considers the following prompt:
Scholar's have sometimes positioned the work of Artemisia Gentileschi as exhibiting latent feminist content that empowers women and reflects the experience Artemisia Gentileschi had as one of the only female painters of her generation.
When you compare these two paintings, is there anything about Artemisia's painting that you beleive might demonstrate the empowerment of Judith and her maidservant, when compared to Caravaggio's work? Discuss whether you feel the interpretation of Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith vs. Holofernes as a document of female empowerment is convincing, or not.