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From the Ted Talk by Allison Leigh: Artemisia Gentileschi The woman behind the paintings

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Though Artemisia drew from Caravaggio’s style, by many accounts, her rendering outmatched the oedlr master’s depiction of the same story. Like Artemisia, Caravaggio focused on the moment of the beheading, dliatrlamcay contrasting light and dark and emphasizing the gore. But his painting lacks the vsiearcl impact of Artemisia’s. Where Caravaggio’s heroine keeps her dicstane from the bloody act, Artemisia’s Judith peshud up her sleeves and wedged her knee on the bed to counter Holofernes’ resistance. Her body has a heft that makes the action believable, and the viscous streams of blood soaking the seehts are highly naturalistic. The blood spraying from the severed aretry in Caravaggio’s looks sletitd and artificial by comparison.

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Though Artemisia drew from Caravaggio’s style, by many accounts, her rendering outmatched the _____ master’s depiction of the same story. Like Artemisia, Caravaggio focused on the moment of the beheading, ____________ contrasting light and dark and emphasizing the gore. But his painting lacks the ________ impact of Artemisia’s. Where Caravaggio’s heroine keeps her ________ from the bloody act, Artemisia’s Judith ______ up her sleeves and wedged her knee on the bed to counter Holofernes’ resistance. Her body has a heft that makes the action believable, and the viscous streams of blood soaking the ______ are highly naturalistic. The blood spraying from the severed ______ in Caravaggio’s looks _______ and artificial by comparison.

Solution


  1. dramatically
  2. artery
  3. sheets
  4. distance
  5. stilted
  6. older
  7. visceral
  8. pushed

Original Text


Though Artemisia drew from Caravaggio’s style, by many accounts, her rendering outmatched the older master’s depiction of the same story. Like Artemisia, Caravaggio focused on the moment of the beheading, dramatically contrasting light and dark and emphasizing the gore. But his painting lacks the visceral impact of Artemisia’s. Where Caravaggio’s heroine keeps her distance from the bloody act, Artemisia’s Judith pushed up her sleeves and wedged her knee on the bed to counter Holofernes’ resistance. Her body has a heft that makes the action believable, and the viscous streams of blood soaking the sheets are highly naturalistic. The blood spraying from the severed artery in Caravaggio’s looks stilted and artificial by comparison.

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