Talk:Artemisia Gentileschi

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I am afraid that the sentence She was also the first female artist to paint history and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach is not true. I know at least two Italian woman painters that lived before Artemisia Gentileschi that painted religious subjects. Their names are Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) and Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614). It’s possible to find out some of their religious painting by means of ARTCYCLOPEDIA (http://www.artcyclopedia.com)

[edit] disambiguation

Someone should create a disambiguation page for "Gentileschi" so that a search for that name doesn't automatically redirect to Artemisia Gentileschi but a page listing both her and her father. I'd do this myself, but I don't know how to.

Well, that wasn't hard. --Sophitus 11:16, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Article

Art is hard but someone has to do it. ;)

As requested in the Wikipedia:Translation into English page, I translated the Italian Wikipedia document into english and replaced the old one. The old one was adequate, but the new one is much more detailed and full of information. Please note that even if I know something about art, I am in no way an expert. I simply translated the text from Italian to English. If you find something incorrect, edit it!

Also, I was not able to translate some Italian Art Jargon into English, like "chiaroscuro" for example. Maybe there are some typos left there and there, but hey, I'm not perfect (yet) ;)--Itaguy 21:58, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Has Artemisia influenced any contemporary artists?

Has Artemisia had a direct effect on any Contemporary artists? I suspect her work or life would but I’m unable to find a direct link. I know Caravaggio heavily influenced her work and I wondered if there was a modern day artist who relates to her work/life. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Claralou (talk • contribs) 17:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC).

Artemisia Gentileschi apparently collaborated on some canvases with Bernardo Cavallino, for example, the so-called Triumph of Galatea (private collection) is speculated to have involved Gentileschi in painting the demigodess and part of the landscape, and Cavallino painting the muscular, half-manly tritons. (On Seicento Painting in Naples: Some Observations on Bernardo Cavallino, Artemisia Gentileschi and Others, Józef Grabski Artibus et Historiae p41). Virile tritons are present here, yet otherwise I would have said that Cavallino paints the sweetest madonnas of any of the Neapolitan Carravaggisti.CARAVAGGISTI 19:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

'Thank you very much for the information, are you aware of any conection to post 19thC artists? +Claralou+Claralou 11:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Not really, and it would be hard to distinguish anyway the influence of Gentileschi from that of Caravaggio, Giordano, Guercino, and others in future generations. She was not as novel or independent a force. I do not know what her influence, or the influence of her biography may have had on the small gauntlet of women artists in Italy in the next few centuries. Many of them had somewhat lonely careers.CARAVAGGISTI 23:26, 3 March 2007 (UTC)