Explain Artemisia Gentileschi’s use of tenebrism in her painting, Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, and discuss the effects these techniques produce.
Tenebrism is where most figures are engulfed in shadow but some are dramatically illuminated by light. Artemisia Gentileschi used tenebrism in her painting, Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofemes. The bright light emphasizes Judith's facial expression. She seems satisfied, confident, and determined. What I thought was interesting, is that as long as I stared at the sword, I could not see any blood on it. I thought it was wierd because there was was so much detail. The maid was holding the head in a white rag that had spots of blood on it.
Responses:
"I also found it quite interesting that the sword did not have any blood dripping from it or anything considering they had just taken out Holofernes's head. Either he didn't bleed very much or they did a really good job cleaning up afterward."
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