Tassi Poems - Poems about Tassi

...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...

...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...

...(A true story. In the year 1612, a young artist named Artemisia Gentileschi, native of Rome, was raped by one of her father's artist colleagues. This is the tale of the subsequent criminal trial ......Read the rest...