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Guido Reni and the Poets, currently on view at the National Pinacoteca of Bologna, examines the friendship and collaboration between Bolognese poets and painters including not only Reni, but also ...

Artemisia Gentileschi painted Mary Magdalene in a sudden swoon — a tradition of matching physical beauty to spiritual elevation.

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Artemisia Gentileschi, “Judith Beheading Holofernes” (1611–1613), oil on canvas (via Wikimedia Commons) Her story, told in hundreds of permutations through the centuries, goes something like ...

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