Crusie’s Guide to Art 7

Detail of Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1599 by Caravaggio. If you want to do a deeper dive on this subject, check out Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith. I liked this one for humor because Judith just looks annoyed, but Gentileschi’s Judith got help and went to work and she is furious. It’s wonderful, particularly if you know that painter’s background. Possibly the first Me Too painting.

Kathleen Gerberick over on Facebook had a cogent comment: “I read somewhere that women who have put on a few extra pounds live longer than the men who point it out.”