Art History Through a Jewish Lens: Judith—"Dressed to Kill"
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More than 114 paintings depict the subject of Judith and Holofernes, created by almost as many different artists. Some artists have even painted it more than once.
Who was Judith? Was she real or fictional? What did she do? Why is she important? And…why do the greatest artists in the world—from Donatello, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, and Tintoretto, to Judy Chicago, and Cindy Sherman—depict her story?
The "soap opera" storyline of this clever, beautiful, and pious widowed Jewish assassin would make a blockbuster movie with its seduction, suspense, war, and chutzpah.
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Ellaine Rosen has taught and lectured on Jewish history, Jewish art, the Holocaust, and secular art for over sixty years. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Religious Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, a Master of Education from Harvard University, and successfully completed all coursework for a Ph.D. (except the dissertation) in Judaic Studies, Religion, and Art History from the University of Pittsburgh. She is happily married to her husband of 60 years. They have two daughters and five grandsons. She currently resides in Naples, Florida where she is a docent at the Holocaust Museum as well as The Naples Art Association.
Image Credit: Artemisia Gentileschi, "Judith Beheading Holofernes," c. 1620, oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm, Florence, The Uffizi.
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