Book of Judith Essays

  • The Book of Judith

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    people of Israel had prepared for war he was an... ... middle of paper ... ...her. She released her maid to be free. Judith became more and more famous as time went on. Dying at the age of one hundred and five, Judith had made it to where no one terrorized the people of Israel for a long time. The book of Judith was defiantly an interesting story. I loved how brave and smart Judith was and that she saved a whole country. The only thing that I did not like was that as a Christian I have learned that

  • Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Beheading Holofernes

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    and Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting Judith Beheading Holofernes is no exception. As such a violent scene, the painting is a shock to look at, but so incredible it is almost impossible to look away. Gentileschi’s painting is incredibly vibrant and realistic. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes is an oil on canvas painting done between 1614 and 1620. The painting is an interpretation of the story of Judith and Holofernes from the Bible’s Book of Judith. In the story Holofernes is the general

  • Judith Slaying Holofernes

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    biblical book the deuterocanonical book of Judith. It depicts how the Jews were under siege and how Judith snuck into Holofernes’s tent and emerged the next day with his decapitated head. Judith’s heroic story has captured the imaginations of many artists. Using different techniques and taking various artistic liberties, those who illustrated this story in the past have implemented their own interpretation of the narrative and, in some cases, inserted a personal subtext as well. Judith Decapitating

  • Judith Slaying Holofernes By Artemisia Gentileschi

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    ‘Judith Slaying Holofernes” is an oil on canvas painting painted by an Italian female artist Artemisia Gentileschi completed between 1614-20 in the last Renaissance period. It now lives at Museo Di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. Religious Value: This is a dramatic but powerful painting which comes from “Apocryphal book of Judith” in the Old Testament of the Bible. The biblical story inspired many of her paintings.In this painting it shows Judith who is a young widow from the Jewish City of Bethulia

  • Judith Slaying Holofernes: Artemisia Gentileschi

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    “Judith Slaying Holofernes” is an oil painting by an Italian female artist of the early Baroque period; Artemisia Gentileschi. This oil painting in particular was completed between 1614 and 1620 (Wikipedia). Gentileschi has a style of painting that often reflects certain events in her past and how it has impacted her thoughts and feelings. “Judith Slaying Holofernes” is a religious-based painting depicting the moment when Judith assassinated general Holofernes with the help of her maidservant. For

  • Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes

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    In Judith Slaying Holofernes, Gentileschi portrays a multitude of different elements and ideas. The painting depicts a woman decapitating a man who is laying in a bed. The picture conveys themes attributed to intense violence due to the position of the women, helplessness is portrayed in Holofernes because of the blood and his body’s position, and hints of feminism are expressed due to the strong female character. The oil medium creates a saturated and vibrant picture. Judith is positioned in a very

  • ARt Hist paper

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    Judith and her Handmaid This paper will be on the painting Judith and her Handmaid with the Head of Holofernes (Detroit Institute of Art). Painted by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1625, the painting depicts the story of Judith, who beheads Holofernes while he is passed out because he is about to destroy her home. Gentileschi paints Judith and her handmaiden in the moment after the beheading, stashing Holoferne’s head in a sack. I selected this work because of Gentileschi being a popular female artist

  • Judith Slaying Holofernes By Artemisia Gentileschi

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    Final Paper Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi is a work from the baroque era of art. The work was painted in 1611 by a female Italian painter (Hickson). Gentileschi’s work shows two women, and man. The man is being held down by one of the women, while the other is thrusting a knife in his throat. It is a violent piece, that depicts a biblical story in a dramatic way. Gentileschi is able to clearly define the period style in the work, while also showing the cultural changes in

  • Art Critique

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    Baroque oil painting on canvas, Judith Beheading Holofernes, is distinguishable through the characteristics of appearing painterly, recessional, having an open arrangement, containing variety and appearing vibrant and clear. Specifically, Caravaggio’s painting has a smooth blend from highlights to shadows and the forms lack outlines contributing to the painterly characteristic. Also, the manipulation of multiple diagonals, such as the placement of Holofernes, Judith and her companion, the characters

  • Quotes From The Book Of Judith

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    representing power, as well as pain in the Anglo Saxon community is Judith from the Book of Judith. She is depicted as a beautiful Hebrew maiden, but she is also seen as a figure that trumps the evil, in this case the Assyrian general Holofernes. She is sought after by Holofernes, after he has been drinking away at his feast. He tells his men to bring over the virgin girl, I’m guessing so that he may have his way with her. Judith is then brought to his chamber by the guards and now she feels trapped

  • Finding Self-Identity after Divorce: A Sociological View

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    issues more often than ever before. The basic summary of plot of this film centers on the life of Judith Moore and he attempted at finding out who she is after a divorce from a 16 year old marriage. With the assistance of a club singer named Liz and the elevator operator man from her Fifth Avenue apartment, Patt, Judith tries to pick up the pieces of her life and to become something more in life. As Judith strives to find herself, she must adjust to her newly single lifestyle for being a middle-aged

  • Theme Of Heroism In Judith

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    example of this would be in the poem Judith, where the author contrasts Judith and Holofernes’ personalities in order to develop the major themes of heroism and having faith in God. Although readers dive into this poem in the middle of the story, the author still manages to establishes Judith’s character in clear manner through their choice of words. In using words such as “radiant lady” (Judith 14), “bright maiden” (Judith 44), and “brilliant maid” (Judith 124), the author makes it clear

  • Christian Narratives in Art: Judith and Holofernes

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    as well as Christian ideology and symbolism. Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Massimo Stanzione, an Italian artist, is an example of Christian Biblical stories illustrated in art. Judith with the Head of Holofernes is an oil painting on canvas and measures a staggering 78.5 by 57.5 inches. The painting depicts a heroine, Judith, on a mission to decapitate the general of an enemy army planning to kill the Jews. In this Old Testament book, Judith is given the gory yet pivotal job of saving her

  • Judith Essay

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    Gentileschi identified with Judith, the protagonist of the painting. The book of Judith, a 2nd century text, is a religious story in which Judith defeats the Assyrians, a mighty empire (Branch). The start of this violence, as seen in Judith Slaying Holofernes, was caused when the leader of the Assyrians, Nebuchadnezzar , sent his general Holofernes to attack the Jews held in Bethulia (Judith 7:7, 4:7). Holofernes cut off the city’s water supplies and limited the food supply of the people. This act

  • What Kind Of Life Would Have Judith Lead?

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    the ability to be or raw talent great writers? Woolf’s essay examines the life of William Shakespeare’s sister to answer this question: What kind of life would have Judith lead? Judith is a fictional character created from Virginia Woolf’s imagination. The character that Woolf creates is used to compare the life of Shakespeare to Judith. William Shakespeare attended grammar school where he learned Latin, elements of grammar and logic. William was a wild child. Later, in life he married a woman

  • Nonfiction 1st Draft

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    out against sexism in hopes to be heard and possibly change government policy against women for the better. Among these many women is Virginia Woolf. Her essay, “Shakespeare’s Sister,” details a traumatic situation in which a fictional character, Judith, experiences prejudice when she tries to live out her dreams. Woolf creates her essay using the three tools of persuasive writing, ethos, logos, and pathos. In her essay, “Shakespeare’s Sister,” Virginia Woolf defends and Supports her argument with

  • Summary Of Judith Slaying Holofernes

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    Another topic mentioned by Susan Vreeland in the story was Gentileschi’s paintings of Judith, a Jewish woman who beheaded the Assyrian general Holofernes because his army had destroyed her city. In the novel, Artemisia initially painted the heroine beheading the general in 1612 after she heard that Agostino was planning on murdering his wife to marry her (Vreeland 27). Then while in Florence, she painted the scene again in 1615, following her admission into the Accademia, as a gift to Cosimo de

  • Character Analysis: Judith Shakespeare

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    Modernist English novelist Virginia Woolf's 1928 book length essay “A Room of One's Own” began as a series of lectures at a couple women's colleges in Cambridge on the subject of women in fiction and the social and economic binds that kept women from easily writing and achieving the success held by man in the literary field. In the text, she speaks of famous authors such as Jane Austen, the Brontes, and George Eliot, and urges the young women in the audience to seek out a private space, a literal

  • “Shakespeare’s Sister”: A Different Perspective

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    women played in Shakespeare’s time. Judith, Woolf’s fictional character, attempts to join the local theatre, but gets an unsatisfying response from the owner of the theatre. The author informs how Judith is regarded, “he bellowed something about poodles dancing and women acting—no women, he said, could possible be an actress” (566). Women in Shakespeare’s time were looked down upon talented or not. Although unfortunate, this is not the last time men disrespected Judith for her gender. In Judith’s demise

  • Judith Slaying Holofernes

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    Julie Chavez Art 102 Monday 6 - 9pm 05/11/18 Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi learned from her father, Orazio whom was inspired by Caravaggio. Gentileschi paintings spread Caravaggio’s style around the peninsula, one of Gentileschi’s painting that dramatically affected society was Judith Slaying Holofernes. This painting can be found in Gardner’s Art through the Ages, Volume II, pg 571. Judith Slaying Holofernes was painted oil on canvas during the Baroque art period and