Discussion and Video: Artemisia and Orazio Gentileschi

 
We discussed "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" by Linda Nochlin, in Women, Art, And Power And Other Essays* (Westview Press, 1988), 147-158. 

1) Nochlin more or less asserts that women were denied access to an education in the arts during the Renaissance and Baroque (which I agree with.)  Taking this to the next step in logic, then why and how did Artemisia get to be such a great artist?

2) How does Artemisia represent herself in this painting and why is it so different then these self portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola?

3) How and why might have Artemisia's past caused her to take up the theme of Judith and Holfernes in a way which is different then Caravaggio?

Discussion and Video: Rembrandt

1)How did Rembrandt and Caravaggio build off of Leonardo's work?  How did the change or alter the original schema the Leonardo established?

2) Both of the paintings represent a mythological scene of Ganymede being carried off by Zeus or Jove.  Explain why Correggio interprets the scene the way he did and how and why Rembrandt interprets the scene another way.

3) Rembrandt's self portraits are considered a remarkable and interesting body of work by art historians.  What do these self portraits tell us about Rembrandt's life and his working methods?

4) Rembrandt drew and painted the story of the "Prodigal Son" many times during his life.  What might these works tell us about Rembrandt's life and his working methods?

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Similar blog posts about art techniques, Rembrandt, and the use and my misuse of art history:

• Rembrandt and His Wash Drawings 
• Rembrandt, Self Portraits and Me 
• Rembrandt, Matisse and Me
• Henri Matisse and Me
  
• Marcel Duchamp, Rrose Selavy, Mona Lisa, and Me
• Giacomo Balla and Me
• John Singer Sargent, Caravaggio and Me 
• Velasquez and Cherise
• N.C. Wyeth, Chuck and Me
• Me and Hopper: A Certain Slant of Light
• My Use and Abuse of Photo Reference 
• Themes in Art; Sequential Art 

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When I was out walking Chuck.

I saw a hummingbird bathing and playing in a fountain. It was cool!

Some Stuff I have for sale on Etsy

Size Counts or My Little Pony

Notice how big (or small) these horses are compared to the people with them.  Discuss?

Some drawings I did in the last week while on spring break.

After a photo by Lewis Hine

After a photo by Lewis Hine

Figure Study

Figure Study

Figure Study

Figure Study

Figure Study

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This organization and their videos have a lot of great things to say!
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A portrait is a likeness in which there's something wrong with the mouth.

In an attempt to avoid this kind of conundrum, I've decided to do a bunch of studies as a "rehearsal" for this portrait commission. I cant believe how much this is helping that I've done this! Here's what I have so far done: