Women's Studies 2162A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Judith Holofernes, Peter Paul Rubens, Holofernes

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2162A/B
• Professor: Andrea Allen

Document Summary

Neoplatonic: god is responsible for beauty in the world not the bad. Men contemplating these women is enriching for them. High number of pictures of nude women. Nothing mythological about many of the paintings! Very usual to have the hand cover the genitals. Had to sign a mythological name to pass inspection couldn"t just be of a regular women. Titian, venus, and cupid with a partridge, 1550. Put in a cupid to make it seem more mythological. Changes the concept, puts in a man. The general story stays the same: a naked woman on a ruffled bed. The women is the only one being portrayed in a nude, sexual manner. Holofernes was going to invade the jewish territory and kill off all of her community. Judith went to a different territory and asked to see him. She said i understand that you"re going to come and kill off the jewish people where i live.