detroit institute of the arts.
went to the DIA today for the first time... odd, i know.
they had warhol and vangough and gauguin and rodin and monet etc etc...
and while all that was fine and dandy, the entire time i had this flutter in my heart hoping... wishing...
and finally... in one of the renaissance rooms... artemisia gentileschi.
if you don't know about her, wikipedia but all you really need to know is that she was waaaay ahead of her time. she remade works by men (caravaggio) to show the women as strong and passionate instead of weak and timid. she showed emotions of women never captured by her male counterparts.
i know nobody else really cares that much, but to me... it was really amazing. they didn't have my favorite by her, (judith beheading holofernes) but they did have judith and her maidservant with the head of holofernes
to see her work, to see her brush strokes, to be so close to something that she touched... it was stunning. next time i go, i have to get a picture in front of her work. fo sho.
they had warhol and vangough and gauguin and rodin and monet etc etc...
and while all that was fine and dandy, the entire time i had this flutter in my heart hoping... wishing...
and finally... in one of the renaissance rooms... artemisia gentileschi.
if you don't know about her, wikipedia but all you really need to know is that she was waaaay ahead of her time. she remade works by men (caravaggio) to show the women as strong and passionate instead of weak and timid. she showed emotions of women never captured by her male counterparts.
i know nobody else really cares that much, but to me... it was really amazing. they didn't have my favorite by her, (judith beheading holofernes) but they did have judith and her maidservant with the head of holofernes
to see her work, to see her brush strokes, to be so close to something that she touched... it was stunning. next time i go, i have to get a picture in front of her work. fo sho.