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Essay / Essay by Artemisia Gentileschi - 533
Artemisia Gentileschi is known as the most influential female painter of the Renaissance. She was born in Rome on July 8, 1593, to Orazio Gentileschi and Prudentia Montone. Although she was the eldest of five children, she was the only one who demonstrated artistic talent and interest, leading her father to decide to tutor her. Growing up with an artist father, it stands to reason that Artemisia learned the basics of the art world from her father, Orazio. It was not until 1614, "with the support of powerful patrons and fellow artists, [that] Artemisia [became] the first woman to be admitted to the Accademia del Disegno in Florence", and it was there that She met Galileo Galilei. . Interestingly, due to correlated dates, it is believed that it was through him that she learned about the parabolic trajectory of projectiles, explaining the very realistic projectile blood gushing from Holofernes' neck in her famous book, Judith Killing Holofernes (1620). The earliest works, believed to have been created in 1609, are the Madonna and Child...