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Analysis Of The Painting By Judith Beheading Holofernes

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In the painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, from 1612, shows the perspective of a woman artist, in a male dominated society, and her method of showing women as heroes. Likewise, the fact that she may have been targeted by men, who deemed her below them, and that she suffered rape and embarrassing trial, resulted in an aggressive depiction towards the man. Before and after this period, women struggled to receive fair treatment and opportunities to excel in the Arts, but she was able to succeed lacking those opportunities offered to men. Future generations of women, now, could reference a role model other than men, and influence a new dimension of art. In the painting, you can see women working together to behead

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