Perfect headline, 10/10 no notes. This is a very serious timeline we're on.

Art history snapshot of Domenico Fetti's Moses and the Burning Bush, and a reading list to check out on Abrahamic Religious Scholarship on anti-authoritarianism. #authoritarianism #arthistory #theology

www.tumblr.com/thelampandsh...

This book has a chapter about the industry that sprouted up selling the dead to early medical schools for cadaver study. So great was the demand, institutions often looked the other way about the sources.

Caravaggio's version, by contrast, portrays Judith as dainty and ladylike, almost detached from the gruesome act, while Abra, shown as elderly, stands passively by.

Artemesia Gentileschi's version of Judith Slaying Holofernes portrays Judith and Abra as strong & determined, with thick arms and focused faces.

Her portrayal likely reflects a reclamation of power after being raped at just 17 by another painter, who was convicted for mere "property damage."