Letters Familiar and Formal

Abstract

with her art" (12) and it is precisely this aspect which shapes her as an artist and as a woman.Banti's play is the story of an early seventeenth century, courageous woman who rebels in court in order to change her destiny.The play also portrays Artemisia's life as a painter, who through her works, attempts to establish her identity.The protagonist is a "woman at war" and an artist at work: a character who is determined to fill a profound emotional void.Banti combines life and art, emotions and rationality, shame and humiliation to reveal as fully as possible the complex psyche of her admired subject: Artemisia Gentileschi.

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