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Date Posted: 07:19:34 02/25/02 Mon
Author: Margaret Cherubin
Subject: Re: Light and the Gentileschis
In reply to: Laura 's message, "Light and the Gentileschis" on 14:14:25 02/21/02 Thu

Dear Laura,
You noticed very well. As an artist and someone close to Mr. Fornale, I can tell you that I'm proud of you and of yourclass.
The Gentileschis were very much influenced by Caravaggio, indeed. Caravaggio was an extremely successful painter in a very competitive field. There were many painters who wanted to be the most popular and best paid. If they could learn from each other, they often did. Caravaggio brought a new way of lighting his paintings, and the Gentileschis used his techniques very successfully. Good for you for having the ability to notice that!
Margaret Cherubin

From visiting the Gentileschi Exhibit at the
>Metropolitan Museum of Art, I began wondering about
>the lighting in the paintings of the Gentileschis,
>particularily Artemisia. It seems that most of the
>paintings of Orazio and the earlier paintings of
>Artemisia have a less superior quality of lighting
>than the last few of Orazio and the later paintings of
>Artemisia. I noticed on my second go-around of the
>exhibit (don't ask!) that the name Caravaggio was
>mentioned, and all paintings after mentioning
>Caravaggio had much better quality of light/darkness
>to make for a more dramatic effect. I noticed this
>best in the practically twin paintings of "Judith
>Slaying Holofernes" by Artemisia, where the later one
>has more dramatic darkness and colors than its lighter
>and more vibrant predecessor. My only question is
>could the Gentileschis have been influenced by
>Caravaggio, or was the mentioning of the
>aforementioned Baroque artist simply a Met curator's
>comparisons of the Gentileschis and Caravaggio
>paintings? I tried looking it up online, but couldn't
>find anything. Can anyone help shed light on this
>subject (no pun intended)?

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