Hey people! This is an assignment I did for my AH51 class last semester. We had to analyze a painting that touched us, and Gentileschi's portrayal of the Biblical Susanna is by far the most powerful one. The Painting “Susanna and the Elders” by Artemisia Gentileschi is public domain, but the actual painting hangs in the Schloss Weißenstein collection in Germany. A link to the painting can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_and_the_Elders_(Artemisia_Gentileschi,_Pommersfelden)#/media/File:Susanna_and_the_Elders_(1610),_Artemisia_Gentileschi.jpg . You are in your house, your safe space. You let a friend in. A male friend. But little do you know that he never came for just a visit. He plans on raping you. He smiles. Rapes. If this seems monstrous to you, you must know that it has happened in the bible, to Artemisia, and continues to happen to my friends. This is the story that Artemisia Gentileschi portrays in her painting Susanna and the Elders. If you don’t kno...