Trivia Answer: B
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi
CORRECT ANSWER: B
1612-13
Oil on canvas
78 x 64 inches
This painting, depicting a story from the Old Testament, was painted by master painter Gentileschi, who was famously assaulted. Her story is briefly explained by art history professor Dr. Shannon Mancus @popsmartmedia in
this Instagram post or you can dive deep and read about her in this book.
Lavinia Fontana
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi
Apollo and the Muses
ca. 1598-600
Oil on canvas
26 x 37 inches
Fontanta is one of just a few rare, early examples in art history of a woman painting women, rather than the more common occurrence of men painting women. The concept of the "male gaze" is fascinating and worthy of dialogue.
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola
Self Portrait at the Easel, 1556
1556
Oil on canvas
26 x 22 inches
Fontana, Anguissola, and Gentileschi all deserve to be called "great" artists, but as Linda Nochlin questioned in her 1971 journal article,
"Why have there been no great women artists?
(still a relevant read today)
Marie van Goethem
Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola
Edgar Degas
ca. 1870
Oil on wood
8 x 10 inches
Van Goethem wasn't a painter but a ballerina who modeled for Degas. Ballerinas of the time were often very young, poor, and sexually exploited.