Artemisia Poems - Poems about Artemisia

...In the shadow of the night, a woman stands, Her eyes, as chilly as the winter's winds, Her hand raised high, a sword in her hand, Her face, a mask of pure malice. She towers over a man, his bod......Read the rest...

...conception of femininity exposed the courageous determined energetic in exuberant voluptuousness with intent of lips& strongwilled chin evocative of......Read the rest...

...In baroque pathos dramatic effects bright lively &emotional brown ochrered blue & shadowed orange precise folds of feminine conception idealised&delicate filled ......Read the rest...

...A woman in a man's world was Artemiia Gentileschi broke the glass ceiling to be free She much to her famous pa did owe but in her day ploughed her own furrow https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A......Read the rest...

...The Last Chance was like a gunshot, A Digger who met Artemisia almost like nought, It moved, it flowed, It conquered the lands of Romans Binned with a flick of a finger in a sentence Tapped on a......Read the rest...

...Beyond the mighty Humboldt Where the Artemisia blooms, The broken ribs of mountains Lie tilted toward the sky. ‘Twas called a wretched wasteland That Satan, himself, passed by; Where no self-......Read the rest...

... “Éagmais croí a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla. Faoi dhíon taobh istigh de na blianta seo. Fanacht i bhfianaise, a dhíscaoileadh ar gach eagla. Ós rud é go ndearnadh tú a chaitheamh.......Read the rest...

...A Daniel, Come to Judgment! Before I give my judgment in this case, my custom is to have the plaintiff read aloud, before the other party, face to face the statute law that’s pertinent. The ......Read the rest...

...(Pierantonio Stiattesi really existed. He was somehow on the periphery of the Gentileschi social circle. Tassi really did send him a sonnet entitled, “Change, change, Stiattesi!” Some years aft......Read the rest...

...(After the rape, and for the rest of her life, Artemisia turned out canvas after canvas containing disturbing images of women beheading men - with obvious phallic castration undertones.) Judit......Read the rest...

...Artemide Cacciatrice (2) The carriage trip – who’d like the factual version? That whole idea was Tuzia’s, never mine. “Let’s take a carriage for a day excursion, and have a picnic on the Aventi......Read the rest...

...(One of Artemisia's paintings deals with this story, found only in the Catholic and Orthodox bibles. Susannah is sexually bullied by two old men, but the young Daniel passes by and condemns the......Read the rest...

...Agostino Tassi (The Accused now gives evidence, coming fresh from the vigil torture, which involves sleep deprivation. His arrogant, careless manner doesn't win him any friends.) I think ......Read the rest...

...Judge Daniele Saggio This year of our salvation, sixteen twelve. Now. Gentileschi? Don Orazio? This suit is yours. You’d press it? Drop it? Shelve it? Very good. And you are Tazzio? Be......Read the rest...

...Robert browning and Me (2) Where was I with that book on Artemisia? No Internet or Amazon back then, So I got busy trudging round – then busier. No joy. “American? We’ll call you when …” “Imp......Read the rest...