Saturday, July 22, 2006

Artemisia Gentileschi:

"Cleopatra", 1621

Art Historian Mary Garrard: "Cleopatra's love for Antony, secular and impure, is destined for the grave, like all vain human endeavor, yet she could be admitted to the realm of "good women" because, as a pagan without access to Christian redemption, she might serve as a spectacle of courage, self-awareness, and self-definition..."