tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post4116087752301063042..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Arty Farty Friday ~ Artemisia GentileschiTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-55719238651747228652019-03-06T23:36:18.432-06:002019-03-06T23:36:18.432-06:00Tara Greene ~ Hi and thank you for visiting and co...Tara Greene ~ Hi and thank you for visiting and commenting! Yes, her paintings are beautiful indeed! This post is from 2016 - I don't recall which calendar I used for the 12 noon chart. I do remember puzzling over it for a while though. Astrotheme has Sun at 15.57 Can. too, I must have used the same calendar they did. The ascendant at 12 noona as we don't know time of birth, isn't terribly useful anyway. :)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-70053343097236975972019-03-05T23:45:15.402-06:002019-03-05T23:45:15.402-06:00hi I just came across a reference to an x-ray of A...hi I just came across a reference to an x-ray of Artemisia's painting showing another work underneath and did a bit of research. As an Astrologer who started out being an artist, going to Art College in the 70's when women artists were still treated like nobody important and the male artists were terrible macho. I know how difficult it was for Artemisia to get any sort of major recognition in her time period. The rape, the torture at the trial, the loss of her mother at an early age, she surmounted incredible hardships. Her paintings feature strong women like herself in a very natural and beautifully rendered technique. I erected her chart and the Ascendant is slightly different. Did you use Julian? Tara Greenehttp://www.taratarot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-74842948820434197272016-07-22T15:09:39.681-05:002016-07-22T15:09:39.681-05:00mike (again) ~ Oooh-er....quite a tale, if all ...mike (again) ~ Oooh-er....quite a tale, if all were true! A 17th century Italian version of National Enquirer would have had a year of field days with that one!<br /><br />It's a sad tale indeed, for Artemisia, but she did get a hearing in court, if a very painful one, thumb-screws an' all. A poor peasant girl, similarly raped by Tassi - or anyone else, would have had to pick herself up and get on with life as best she could. No hearing, nobody would care apart, perhaps, from her immediate family. :-(<br /><br /> Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-59610022424651209812016-07-22T12:44:11.506-05:002016-07-22T12:44:11.506-05:00Here's some of the backstory regarding her rap...Here's some of the backstory regarding her rape by Agostino Tassi:<br />http://www.webwinds.com/artemisia/trial.htmmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-63570816336181905122016-07-22T12:02:02.871-05:002016-07-22T12:02:02.871-05:00mike ~ I most admire her skills in painting the l...mike ~ I most admire her skills in painting the lush fabrics of her subjects' garments.<br />She seemed to enjoy doing self-portraits in various "guises", maybe her nudes are from reflections of herself.<br /><br />Her rapist was a close friend of her father, perhaps it was this which led to her later affair with Tassi - i.e. not wanting to upset Daddy.<br /><br />Thanks for the additional astrology. :-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-45347216067630469592016-07-22T09:40:53.772-05:002016-07-22T09:40:53.772-05:00The faces of her subjects convey minimal emotional...The faces of her subjects convey minimal emotional expression...they all tend toward neutral, even the more emotionally charged scenes depicting Judith. I also noticed that her nude female forms have anatomy that is more correct, particularly the abdominal portion, and less stylized than most male counterparts for that era.<br /><br />Pobrecita! Wiki states she underwent a gynecological exam and had the thumb-screw treatment during the rape trial. I'm not up on legalese of that time period, but I would think the trial would have been the ultimate embarrassment for Artemisia. Further, Wiki states that she entered an affair with Tassi post-rape...weird...maybe more to the story.<br /><br />Her cardinal Sun-Jupiter opposition is further a T-square with Pluto. Interesting to note that around the time of her rape and consequent trial, Saturn would have transited her natal Mars in 1610, then her Uranus-Pluto over the next several years, setting-off the cardinal T-square. A most unsettling time for her.<br /><br />Also, transiting Uranus was square her Mars in 1611:<br />"This transit can indicate abrupt, sudden, unpredictable changes in your relationships. A sudden encounter may radically transform your life, or your relationships. You are disruptive, aggressive, and impulsive during this time, which can lead you to make ill-considered decisions."<br />http://astrolady.wix.com/astrolady#!uranus-transits-mars/cyutmikenoreply@blogger.com