Artemisia Gentileschi

Out of the darkness they fly, two women tackling their grisly task of decapitation.  A rare, female, celebrity of her era, Artemisia Gentileschi’s art packs a punch, every time. Tune in to listen to the musical journey Nick and I take, inspired by this staggering work of art.  Today's paintingJudith beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/judith-beheading-holofernes Today's playlist Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) Che si puo farehttps://open.spotify.com/track/47F8ITldwuknmLGkp0xSFV?si=930967e8595c42f4 Siegfried Matthus (1934-2021) Judith, Overturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJcKgkL0V4Y&ab_channel=GBoperaChannel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Bettulia Liberata final chorus and ariahttps://open.spotify.com/track/2hnPwH1eGok7kqfODy4lkA?si=1a1453df3860467d Thomas Arne (1710-1778) Judith, Sleep gentle cherubhttps://open.spotify.com/track/0jqdXRBupmgZ9TB5xIec3w?si=bece8dcf014f478f Further Looking Caravaggio, Judith beheading Holofernes(1598)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio) Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith beheading Holofernes (1611-1612)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemisia_Gentileschi_-_Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(detail)_-_WGA8564.jpg Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her maidservant (1615)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_and_her_maidservant_with_the_head_of_Holofernes,_by_Orazio_Gentileschi.jpg Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her maidservant (c.1624)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemisia_Gentileschi_Judith_Maidservant_DIA.jpg Further listening Alessandro Scarlatti, La Giudittahttps://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7979085--scarlatti-a-la-giuditta Antonio Vivaldi, Juditha Triumphanshttps://open.spotify.com/album/5Pg3bUD7F84cQmcxnzToUq?si=GQMhEGrGTkuwOtS5RbpFjw Alexandre Serov, Judithhttps://open.spotify.com/album/60KnfZ8LHUkpF9lSq4X44N?si=Shm8T2_XScC7VdzP11TORA Paintings we'd visitied recentlyJan van Eyck, Arnolfino Portrait, https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portraitFrancisco Goya, Old Women, https://pba.lille.fr/Collections/Chefs-d-OEuvre/Peintures-XVI-sup-e-sup-XXI-sup-e-sup-siecles/Les-Vieilles-Le-TempsFrancisco Goya, The Letter, https://pba.lille.fr/Collections/Chefs-d-OEuvre/Peintures-XVI-sup-e-sup-XXI-sup-e-sup-siecles/Les-Vieilles-Le-Temps  If you'd like to know more about ushttp://rachelrowntree.com/http://nicholasmulroy.com/Podcast logo design - https://www.annajanelester.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.