Disgusting and screwed up!??!? It was totally dramatic, or rather they were, she did more than one.

Have you seen Caravaggios? I love his art but his impression of this woman and the moment was that of a weak accident perpetrated by a naieve woman.

Artemesia imparted a woman who took care of business. No nonsense, hold the bastard down, chop it off, put it in a basket and get the hell out of there.

Have you ever seen a ren painting/sculpture or whathaveyou of a heroic man who looked like he was a frightened wimp who had no idea what he was doing? I mean even the benign David by Michaelangelo has had feirceness and resolve projected on to him. Bernini's David is much more dynamic.

I get that women were really restricted back then, but that's part of what is so fantastic about Artemesia. She painted in spite of that, and she got screwed by many of her so-called patrons. I have several copies of letters she wrote, begging for payment of paintings she had already sent.

Have you ever heard the inspiration behind her painting those paintings?

"One of my teachers wants to paint me as Judith Slaying Holofernes ....and a guy friend as Holofernes(hes the one I sculpted in my profile pics)"

why its so disgusting and violent. whats the point of copying it? learning technique?

I guess you see what you want to see.
Also, I'm not saying that his mannerist works were 'better' in any way.