In honor of the first volley launched in my all-out assault on the academic world (aimed precisely to a small New Jersey town) I would like to share some particularly triumphant images.
First, Giuditta Che Taglia la Testa a Oloferne, by Caravaggio. The title might be translated Judith Slashing the Head of Holofernes. (Taglia is the third person present indicative of tagliare, to slash. Testa means head, and in French the word is tete, pronounced "tet.")
Second, Portrait of Georgia O'Keefe, taken in 1920 by A. Stieglitz, photographer hero. (Did you know she was actually very short? Stieglitz, though, he photographed her like an Amazon, a queen. Cross-reference: Irving Penn's portraits.)
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