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Why it's important to see women as capable ... of terrible atrocities

  • Written by Jessica Trisko Darden, Assistant Professor, American University School of International Service
imageArtemisia Gentileschi's 'Judith Beheading Holofernes.'Google Art Project

Born in 1593, Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman to establish herself as a successful artist in a profession long dominated by men.

One of the most striking aspects of her work is the way she paints women. Her male contemporaries tended to portray women...

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