Plague swept through Italy’s southern Mediterranean coast in 1656, ravaging towns and villages in the kingdom of Naples. The devastation was epic, piling up corpses over the course of nearly two years ...

Long before the #MeToo movement, Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi challenged injustice, spoke publicly, and transformed ...

Artemisia abrotanum, or Southernwood, is a perennial plant used as a medicinal herb throughout history. With citrusy sweet-smelling foliage, it is ideal to grow in the ground or pots to add beauty, ...

Artemisia Gentileschi, “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” (c. 1625) (public domain via National Gallery of Art) The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, has acquired a painting by Italian Baroque ...

Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofernes is not a painting easily forgotten. Today, the dramatic scene is among the most well-known images of the Baroque era and most art lovers are at ...

Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. Garrard Mary Garrard’s compelling new book Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe was supposed to publish on May ...

What the museum says: “In 17th-century Europe, at a time when women artists were not easily accepted, Artemisia was exceptional. She challenged conventions and defied expectations to become a ...

Art restorers have embarked on a project to digitally unveil what was once a nude painting by Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most prominent female artists from the period.

Holofernes’ head is upside down. his face writhes in agony. Judith drives her knee into his rib cage as he fights wildly, pushing his fist against her maidservant’s breastbone. As Judith slices ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Artemisia’s darkest moment was in May 1611, two months before her eighteenth birthday, when she was raped by one ...

The very fact that baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi has a major exhibition shouldn’t be remarkable – but it is There’s something about the feeling of finally standing in front of a painting that ...

There’s a violent urgency to the 17th-century Italian painter’s most iconic work, which resembles a female version of David and Goliath A weekly Guide column in which we dissect the influences and ...