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Judith And Holofernes
Judith and Holofernes may refer to: * Judith beheading Holofernes, a Biblical account in the deuterocanonical ''Book of Judith'', often shown in art * ''Judith and Holofernes'' (Donatello), a c. 1460 sculpture by Donatello * ''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (Mantegna, Montreal), a painting of the 1490s by Andrea Mantegna * ''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (Mantegna, Washington), a c. 1495 painting by Andrea Mantegna * ''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (Mantegna, Dublin), a c. 1495 glue tempera on canvas painting in the grisaille style * ''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (Titian), a c. 1570 painting by Titian * ''Judith with the Head of Holofernes'' (Veronese), a c. 1575–1580 oil-on-canvas painting by Paolo Veronese * ''Judith and Holofernes'' (studio of Tintoretto), a c. 1577 oil painting on canvas by the studio of Jacopo Tintoretto * ''Judith Beheading Holofernes'' (Caravaggio), a 1598–1599 painting by Caravaggio * ''Judith with the Head of Ho ...
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Judith Beheading Holofernes
The account of the beheading of Holofernes by Judith is given in the deuterocanonical ''Book of Judith'', and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the story, Judith, a beautiful widow, is able to enter the tent of Holofernes because of his desire for her. Holofernes was an Assyrian general who was about to destroy Judith's home, the city of Bethulia. Overcome with drink, he passes out and is decapitated by Judith; his head is taken away in a basket (often depicted as being carried by an elderly female servant). Artists have mainly chosen one of two possible scenes (with or without the servant): the decapitation, with Holofernes supine on the bed, or the heroine holding or carrying the head, often assisted by her maid. In European art, Judith is very often accompanied by her maid at her shoulder, which helps to distinguish her from Salome, who also carries her victim's head on a silver charger (plate). However, a Northern tr ...
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Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)
''Judith Slaying Holofernes'' is a 1620–1621 painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Like her earlier version of the work, Judith is thought to be a self-portrait. This connection may relate to Artemisia's sexual assault at the hands of her father's colleague, Agostino Tassi. When Artemisia was 17, her neighbor—an older woman named Tuzia—let Tassi into Artemisia’s home through an adjoining door. There, he raped her, while Artemisia called out for help. Artemisia’s father, Orazio Gentileschi, sued Tassi for taking his only daughter’s virginity. During the trial, Artemisia recounted the altercation with Tassi and her effort to defend herself, stating: "After he had done his business he got off me. When I saw myself free, I went to the table drawer and took a knife and moved toward Agostino, saying, 'I'd like to kill you with this knife because you have dishonored me.'" Artemisia painted an earlier version of ''Judith and Holofernes ...
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Judith And Holofernes (1959 Film)
''Head of a Tyrant'' or ''Judith and Holofernes'' (Italian:''Giuditta e Oloferne'') is a 1959 Italian-French historical film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey and Renato Baldini.Parish p.53 It is part of the boom in Sword-and-sandal productions during the late 1950s. The film is based on the story of Judith Beheading Holofernes. A 1929 film '' Judith and Holofernes'' was also inspired by the tale. Cast * Massimo Girotti as Holophernes * Isabelle Corey as Judith * Renato Baldini as Arbar * Yvette Masson as Rispa * Gianni Rizzo as Ozia * Camillo Pilotto as Belial * Lucia Banti as Servant Girl * Ricardo Valle as Isaac * Leonardo Botta as Gabriele * Franco Balducci as Galaad * Luigi Tosi as Irasa * Gabriele Antonini as Brother * Daniela Rocca as Naomi * Enzo Doria as Daniel See also * ''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) References Bibliography * Parish, James Robert. ''Film Directors Guide:Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, ...
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Judith And Holofernes (1929 Film)
''Judith and Holofernes'' (Italian:''Giuditta e Oloferne'') is a 1929 Italian silent historical film directed by Baldassarre Negroni and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Jia Ruskaja and Franz Sala.Molitnerno p.220 It was the final film of Pagano, who had been famous during the silent era for his portrayals of Maciste. The film is based on the story of Judith beheading Holofernes. A 1959 film, ''Judith and Holofernes Judith and Holofernes may refer to: * Judith beheading Holofernes, a Biblical account in the deuterocanonical ''Book of Judith'', often shown in art * ''Judith and Holofernes'' (Donatello), a c. 1460 sculpture by Donatello * ''Judith with the He ...'', was also inspired by the tale. Cast * Bartolomeo Pagano * Jia Ruskaja * Franz Sala * Carlo Tedeschi * Giuseppe Brignone * Augusto Bandini * Felice Minotti * Lore Lay * Giorgio Curti * Anna Mari * Andrea Bani * Nino Altieri See also * '' Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) References Bibliography * Molit ...
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Judith Of Bethulia
''Judith of Bethulia'' (1914) is an American film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall, and produced and directed by D. W. Griffith, based on the play "Judith and the Holofernes" (1896) by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, which itself was an adaptation of the Book of Judith. The film was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released. Shortly after its completion and a disagreement Griffith had with Biograph executives on making more future feature-length films, Griffith left Biograph, and took the entire stock company with him. Biograph delayed the picture's release until 1914, after Griffith's departure, so that it would not have to pay him in a profit-sharing agreement they had. Synopsis The film is based on the deuterocanonical Book of Judith. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrians, a widow named Judith (Blanche Sweet) has a plan to stop the war as her people suffer starvation an ...
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Judith And The Head Of Holofernes
''Judith and the Head of Holofernes'' (also known as ''Judith I'', German: ''Judith und Holofernes'') is an oil painting by Gustav Klimt, painted in 1901. It depicts the biblical figure Judith holding the head of Holofernes after beheading him. The beheading and its aftermath have been commonly portrayed in art since the Renaissance, and Klimt himself would paint a second work depicting the subject in 1909. Context and influences When Klimt addressed the biblical theme of Judith, the historical course of art had already codified its main interpretation and preferred representation. Many paintings exist describing the episode in a heroic manner, especially expressing Judith's courage and virtuous nature. Judith appears as God's instrument of salvation, but the violence of her action cannot be denied and is dramatically shown in Caravaggio's rendering, as well as those of Gentileschi and Bigot. Other representations have depicted the subsequent moment, when a dazed Judith hold ...
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Judith And Holofernes (Goya)
''Judith and Holofernes'' is the name given to one of the 14 '' Black Paintings'' painted by Francisco de Goya between 1819 and 1823. By this time, Goya was in his mid 70s and deeply disillusioned. In mental and physical despair, he painted the private works on the interior walls of his home—applying oils directly on plaster—known as the Quinta del Sordo ("The House of the Deaf Man"), which he had purchased in 1819. ''Judith and Holofernes'' was likely painted on the first floor, beside '' Saturn Devouring His Son''. The picture is a personal reinterpretation of the narrative of the Book of Judith, in which the protagonist saves Israel from the assault of the general Holofernes by seducing and beheading him. Judith is the only historical figure who can be identified with certainty among the ''Black Paintings''. ''Judith and Holofernes'' palette consists of blacks, ochres and red applied with very free, broad and energetic brushstrokes. The lighting is both focused and hig ...
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Judith And Holofernes (Preti)
''Judith and Holofernes'' is an oil on canvas painting by Italian artist Mattia Preti, datable to around 1653–1656. It is held at the Museo di Capodimonte, in Naples.Nicola Spinosa, ''Mattia Preti. Tra Roma, Napoli e Malta'', Naples, Electa, 1999 (Italian), ISBN 978-8851001292 History The canvas is mentioned for the first time in the last will of the Calabrian lawyer Domenico di Somma, dated of 1659, where another work by Preti, the ''St John the Baptist'' is also named. The legacy of di Somma passed to his collaborator and friend, also from Calabria, Antonino Laratta. Both of them were Preti lawyers during the controversy that the painter had a few years earlier against the priests of the Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome, for a diatribe relating to fees due for the cycles of frescoes that Preti executed on the life of Saint Andrew. On the death of Laratta, in 1685, the painting, together with that of St. John the Baptist, passed to the Church of San Domenico Soriano ...
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Judith And Her Maidservant With The Head Of Holofernes
Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes is a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, created in 1639-1640. It was one of many paintings by Gentileschi that treats the theme of Judith, who beheads the Assyrian general Holofernes, who was planning to destroy Judith's home city of Bethulia. The painting has been in Oslo, in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ..., since 2022. References 1640 paintings Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi Paintings depicting Judith {{17C-painting-stub ...
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Judith And Holofernes (Boulogne)
''Judith and Holofernes'' is a painting by the French artist Valentin de Boulogne, from 1626, as a close copy of a similar painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting is an oil on canvas and measures 137 x 178 cm. It is in the collection of MUŻA in Valletta, Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies .... References External links * http://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/painting_212229/Jean-de-Boulogne-Valentin/Judith-and-Holofernes {{17C-painting-stub 1626 paintings Paintings by Valentin de Boulogne Paintings in Malta Paintings depicting Judith Paintings about death Christian art about death ...
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Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Naples)
''Judith Slaying Holofernes'' is a painting by the Italian early Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, completed in 1612-13 and now at the Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy. The picture is considered one of her iconic works. The canvas shows Judith beheading Holofernes. The subject takes an episode from the apocryphal Book of Judith in the Old Testament, which recounts the assassination of the Assyrian general Holofernes by the Israelite heroine Judith. The painting shows the moment when Judith, helped by her maidservant Abra, beheads the general after he has fallen asleep in a drunken stupor. She painted a second version now in the Uffizi, Florence, somewhere between 1613 and 1621. Early feminist critics interpreted the painting as a form of visual revenge following Gentileschi's rape by Agostino Tassi in 1611; similarly many other art historians see the painting in the context of her achievement in portraying strong women. Creation Artemisia Gentileschi was around ...
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Judith And Holofernes (Donatello)
''Judith and Holofernes'' (1457–1464) is a bronze sculpture by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello at the end of his career. It is located in the Hall of Lilies (Sala dei Gigli), in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. A copy stands in one of the sculpture's original positions on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio. It depicts the assassination of the Assyrian general Holofernes by Judith and is remarkable for being one of the first Renaissance sculptures to be conceived in the round, with its four distinct faces. The subject of Judith beheading Holofernes, depicting the climax of the story in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, was a common subject in art and is associated with the Power of Women topos. Background and description The statue was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici as a decoration for the fountain in the garden of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. Together with Donatello's ''David'', it was positioned in front of the palace around 1457, ...
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