Baroque
painting: Italy (cont.)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1563-1639)
- style: Caravaggesque
- scenes of feminine heroicism & revenge
- biography: horrific life translated into themes of rape & torture
- raped by her drawing teacher, Tassi, who then refused to marry her
- Gentileschi’s father sued Tassi
- Artemisia tortured w/ thumbscrews to test her veracity before Tassi was convicted