Sunday, October 14, 2018

The Long-Delayed (And Sadly Still Necessary) Vengeance Of Artemnesia Gentileschi

The artist fought hard for her place in the art world. And when men punished her for it, “she turned the horror of her own life into scenes of women’s vengeance on the men at whose hands they had suffered. She used biblical stories to portray, in exquisite paintings, her fury at the sexual violence she herself had endured.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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