1. Judith with the Head of Holerfernes, Simon Vouet (Kunsthistorisches Museum) 2. Moses, Valentin de Boulogne (Kunsthistorisches Museum) 3. The Combat of the Gladiators, Paris Bordone (Kunsthistorisches Museum) 4. Lucretia and her Husband, Titian (Kunsthistorisches Museum) 5. Jeunes Filles au Piano, Pierre-Auguste Renoire (Musée Orangerie)
The first image embodies the essence of girlpower (Judith saves the Jewish people from destruction by the Assyrians. She makes friends with the enemy Holerfernes to only later cut off his head while he was asleep). I took a photo of Moses because we don't see a lot of depictions of Jewish history as it's not much of a Jew "thing" to make images.
Spending a month in Rome with a professor whose sustenance is ancient Roman history itself still inspires me to seek out all things Ancient Rome. Thus, I am drawn to this painting of the Gladiator combat. All of Rome's old glory is depicted in one painting. The painting after that is our homegirl Lucretia. Thanks to her rape, Ancient Rome was born. At least that's the myth... Sick, no?
Renoir's famous "girls with the piano" painting reminds me of my friend Jacqueline's sister, Hannah. It's alomst like he used her as the model when he painted this.
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