A Polite Parisian Exhibition Sanitizes Artemesia Gentileschi’s Proto-Feminist RageA Polite Parisian Exhibition Sanitizes Artemesia Gentileschi’s Proto-Feminist Rage
Artemisia Gentileschi’s empathic and heroic portrayals of women have made her a protofeminist icon. Her works—most famously Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1612)—do more than transform her passive objects into active [...]