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The Past Has A Version Control Problem Flashcards

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The biblical story of Judith

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  • No one wants to stand up against Holofernes & his army
  • Judith climbs the ranks by being an Israeli spy
  • Gets into Holofernes’ tent & seduces him
  • Decapitates
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Main depictions & power of Judith

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The power of female virtue, beauty and power. Judith is often depicted in 2 categories:
+ femme forte: strong and virtuous woman
+ femme fatale: sexually dangerous woman

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Impact of the story of Judith

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1900s symbol of standing against gender inequality

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Criticisms of Judith’s story

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  • Too romantic or dramatic
  • celebrates the trope of “female rage”
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Artist of Judith Beheading Holofernes

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Caravaggio, a skilled artist during the Renaissance who had massive impact on the Baroque art that was established after the Renaissance

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Judith Beheading Holofernes

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  • Violent depiction
  • Judith serious & standing next to an old woman
  • Inspired by Da Vinci
  • Resembles wide angle lens photo
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Artist of Judith Slaying Holofernes

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  • Artemisia Gentileschi
  • Raped by her dad’s colleague when she was 18
  • Paint as a way to revenge
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Judith Slaying Holofernes

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  • Also violent
  • Painted in 1620
  • Oil panting
  • Provokes strong reactions & feelings from viewers
  • Gory
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Artist of Judith and the head of Holofernes

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  • Gustav Klimp
  • Australian symbolist painter, member of the Vienna Secession.
  • “Golden Phase” and “Byzantine Style”
    => associated with Art Nouveau
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Judith and the head of Holofernes

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  • Monotone yellow style
  • Seductive
  • Judith half naked
  • Holds Holofernes’ head
  • Belvedere Museum in Vienna
  • Oil painting
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Artist of Judith and Holofernes (old)

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  • Pedro Americo
  • Brazillian novelist, scientist, artist,.. in the 19th century
  • Known for his attention to detail & realistic depiction of figures and settings
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Pedro’s Judith and Holofernes

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  • Yellowish monotone
  • Strange expression
  • Jewelry
  • Holofernes’ head on the floor
  • Displayed in the Museum Nacional de Belas Artes
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Artist of Judith and Holofernes (new)

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  • Kehinde Wiley
  • NYC painter
  • Known for naturalistic paintings of black people & famous or random people he met
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Kehinde’s Judith and Holofernes (new)

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  • Depics an African-American woman holding the head of a white woman
  • Symbol of Black people standing against racial oppression
  • Based on 17th century painting by Giovanni
  • Urban meets Classical
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Artist for Judith on the Red Square

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Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid
- both born in the 1940’s in Soviet Russia
- formed capitalistic ideology
- exiled from birthplace
- created sots art

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Sots art

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  • combination of dadaism and socialist realism,
  • Ex: leaders of the USSR, such as Stalin.
  • People say that sots art is a Western trick to make the Soviets much less powerful than what it is now
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Judith on the Red Square

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  • Depicts female figure holding Stalin’s head on a red background
  • Shows resilience during the great purge (period of strong oppression)
  • Located in Red Square, Moscow, near State Historical Museum
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Artist of OG Guernica

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  • Pablo Picasso, a Spanish painter & one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
  • Known for inventing the collage, the assemblage, and the genre of Cubism
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Artist of Invasion of Ukraine

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  • Andres Valencia, a talented 11yo
  • Known for his abstract painting and Cubism, like Picasso.
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Invasion of Ukraine

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  • Based on OG Guernica
  • About his thoughts on the Ukraine war
  • Selling prints in 2022 to raise money to help during the war
  • Based on abstract arts from Picasso
  • Scattered shapes & elements
  • Fooling around but not foolish
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Artist of Backyard & Saskatoon Guernica

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Adad Hannah

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Backyard Guernica

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  • Life-sized 3D
  • Made in grey, cardboard, wood and foam
  • 20 other helpers to hold up the pieces
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Saskatoon Guernica

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  • Commissioned for Remai Modern’s Guernica Remastered
  • Made by many household objects => more depth perception
  • Curated by Dr. Alma in Saskatoon, 2021-22
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Artist of Guernica Redacted

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  • Robert Longo
  • American artist known for his black and gray drawings
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Guernica Redacted

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  • OG Guernica but with black charcoal bars across the painting
  • Mimics frames in a film & flickers on TV, or bars of a prison
  • 6 black strips
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Guernica in the tile

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  • Recreation using tiles
  • Located in Errenteria
  • Lack of color
  • Bull - brutality
  • Horse - People
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Keiskamma Guernica

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  • Created by Hamburg Women’s Cooperative
  • Similar but different scenario
  • Red Location Museum
  • Depicts a community going through HIV/AIDS
  • Colored
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Washington crossing the Delaware

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  • Made in 1851 by Emmanuel Leutze
  • Middle of the American Civil War
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Carver Crossing the Delaware

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  • Parody by Robert Colescott
  • Carver’s an important agriculturalist & black
  • Fictional crew on boat with him
  • Masterpiece of late 1900s
  • Satirical & comedic use of cartoon art
  • Thin line between genius & cultural appropriation
  • Widely exhibited since 1978
    => CEO of Lucas Museum wants to acquire it
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Inaccuracies in Washington Crossing the Delaware

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  • Sun’s out
  • Wrong perspective
  • Washington’s reckless poses
  • IRL Washington younger than portrayed
  • River measurements & flag
  • Too many crew members & little boats
  • 2nd one, 1st lost in Germany during a fire
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Artist of Death of Marat

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  • Jacques Louis David
  • French painter in the Revolution
  • Focused on painting scenes from the past, but painted this right after Marat’s death
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Death of Marat

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  • Marat in his bath tub after being stabbed
  • Can’t see the killer
  • Reddish bath water
  • Killed while finishing his essay
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Artist of Charlotte Corday

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  • Paul Jacques-Aime Baudry
  • French painter that painted historical figures from his era - the French Revolution
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Charlotte Corday

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Death of Marat from a different angle, you can see Marat’s messy room & Charlotte hiding in a corner.

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Artist of The Death of John Paul Marat

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  • James Aliprandi
  • Italian printmaker, known for copying British stipples.
  • Wanted to make the news that Marat is dead popular all over Europe => engraved in postcards
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The Death of John Paul Marat

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  • Charlotte stabbing Marat on couch
  • Sinister, Renaissance vibe, dreadful
  • Neutral stance on whether Marat was evil or not
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Artist of The Assassination of Marat

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J.J Weerts - A french painter during the french revolution

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The Assassination of Marat (painting)

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  • Opposite to Jacques-Louis David
  • Has Charlotte Corday as the villain
  • Shows historical figures expressing emotions & rushing into the room => Marat’s well respected by those historical figures
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Artist of Death of Marat (wax)

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Gavin Turk - a British wax artist born in the 60’s

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Death of Marat (wax)

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  • Made in 1998
  • Realistic 3D model
  • Less detailed & simplified version showcase in South London Gallery & Weserburg Museum of Art
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GettyMuseumChallenge

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  • Challenge hosted by Getty Museum
  • Recreate 3D versions of paintings
  • Suggestions:
    + Only 3 props => creativity
    + Any art you like
    + Including pets & posing
    +Attention to lighting
    E.g: Renaissance Lasagna, Interior with Easel

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