Use the comparison images of Caravaggio’s and Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes to write a 300 word compare and contrast essay that considers the following prompt:

Scholar’s have sometimes positioned the work of Artemisia Gentileschi as exhibiting latent feminist content that empowers women and reflects the experience Artemisia Gentileschi had as one of the only female painters of her generation.

When you compare these two paintings, is there anything about Artemisia’s painting that you beleive might demonstrate the empowerment of Judith and her maidservant, when compared to Caravaggio’s work?  Discuss whether you feel the interpretation of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith vs. Holofernes as a document of female empowerment is convincing, or not.