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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: Ok, I have noticed several threads in GD about women killing men [View all]CTyankee
(67,418 posts)34. Clark's statement is intersting. IIRC, he converted to Roman Catholicism from Church of
England Protestantism later in life. He was a big deal back in the day.
I think the Female Principle is an issue in the history of art that should be researched. I did one in a grad course. Interestingly, it was at a Roman Catholic College! My art professor was so cool about this! I did this whole thing around the goddess stuff and she loved it. In fact, all the professors in my grad school course were terrific, except for one (an old nun with a doctorate in Economics...I was afraid of her...and hid when I saw her coming in the halls...).
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Her father, Orazio, was friends with Carvaggio. Artemisia probably admired Caravaggio's
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#14
You won't only break GD if you posted that in there, you would break all of DU! LOL nt
boston bean
Dec 2013
#26
No, please don't feel that way! I value, I treasure the views of feminists about art.
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#32
Clark's statement is intersting. IIRC, he converted to Roman Catholicism from Church of
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#34
Ya know, I was thinking about this thread this morning and I had this thought that
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#38
The blood in the Caravaggio one looks like red string... You're right, very artificial...
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#35
Her Judith is certainly putting more muscle into it...Caravaggio's Judith is standing further back
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#37
i am so glad you took the time to define how you saw the difference in the two.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#17
another one showed up today in GD...I'm sure you know which one I am referring to.
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#18