More Savage Than Caravaggio
Jonathan Jones writes: ‘Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artist of the baroque age and one of the most brilliant followers of the incendiary artist Caravaggio, whose terrifying painting of Judith and Holofernes influenced hers. She is one of the stars of “Beyond Caravaggio,” an epic survey of his rivals and disciples about to open at the National Gallery in London. With words and images, she fought back against the male violence that dominated the world she lived in.’ Pictured is “Judith and Holofernes.”
