Accessible Art History
Podcast Episode 53: Artemisia Gentileschi

Welcome back to Accessible Art History: The Podcast! In this week's episode, I'm discussing one of my personal favorite artists, Artemisia Gentileschi. She overcame so much and fought to have a successful career during the Baroque period.
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Main Image: Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
1638–39
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Judith and her Maidservant
c. 1623–1625
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
c. 1616
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Judith Slaying Holofernes
c. 1612-1613
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/artemisia-gentileschi
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/a-fuller-picture-of-artemisia-gentileschi
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/judith-and-her-maidservant-head-holofernes-45746
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Slaying_Holofernes_(Artemisia_Gentileschi,_Naples)