Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter

The film

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Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter — film poster (English)

A Woman Artist, a Warrior Painter.
The first in the History of Art.

In 1618, at the age of 23, Artemisia became the first female artist to get international recognition. She came in touch with the most brilliant minds of her time, including Caravaggio. The film recalls her life, for which she is recognized as a modern feminist icon, due to her personality and the unyielding defense of her professional integrity, documented in the letters she wrote to art collectors and other eminent figures of her time, like Galileo Galilei. Artemisia’s fame is also tied to the rape trial she started against a colleague, Agostino Tassi. She survived the experience thanks to her moral strength and, through her painting, succeeded as a woman and as an artist, producing masterpieces that can touch the heart and soul of audiences who admire them four hundred years later.

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An oneiric journey

English

An oneiric journey through her masterworks, kept in the most preeminent museums all around the world (including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Palacio Real de Madrid, and Galleria Spada in Rome), as well as in private collections, like the ‘Aurora’ (1627), featured for the first time in Ultra HD 4K or the ‘David and Goliath’ dated 1639, and recently discovered in London thanks to British conservator-restorer Simon Gillespie, who in this documentary gave an exclusive interview and he explains what David’s sword was like after careful restoration to reveal the identity of the author of the painting, namely Artemisia.

Italiano

Un viaggio onirico tra i suoi capolavori, oggi conservati nei più importanti musei del mondo (dal Detroit Institute of Arts al Palazzo Reale di Madrid fino alla Galleria Spada di Roma), nonché in collezioni private, come l’‘Aurora’ (ca. 1627), per la prima volta in un documentario Ultra HD 4K, e il ‘David and Goliath’ datato 1639, scoperto di recente a Londra grazie al noto restauratore britannico Simon Gillespie, che in quest’opera ha concesso un’intervista esclusiva, in cui spiega come sia stata proprio la spada di David, dopo l’accurato restauro, a svelare l’identità dell’autrice del dipinto, ossia Artemisia.

日本語

アルテミジアの生涯を辿り、世界中の最も優れた美術館にある彼女の絵画を高解像度で撮影、「ダヴィデとゴリアテ」を最近ロンドンで発見した修復家サイモン・ギレスピーに独占インタヴューからは、ダヴィデの剣とアルテミジア の不思議な縁が示唆される。

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Directed byJordan River
Written byJordan River, Michela Albanese
ArtemisiaAngela Curri
Young ArtemisiaMelissa Pignataro
CinematographyRaquel Abellán
Format4K · 60 minutes · 2020

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