1.0ArtCorner: A Blog by overstockArt.comhttps://www.overstockart.com/blogTeresa Filipe Lopeshttps://www.overstockart.com/blog/author/teresa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="70rssHzXkB"><a href="https://www.overstockart.com/blog/judith-and-the-head-of-holofernes/">Gustav Klimt’s Judith and the Head of Holofernes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.overstockart.com/blog/judith-and-the-head-of-holofernes/embed/#?secret=70rssHzXkB" width="600" height="338" title="“Gustav Klimt’s Judith and the Head of Holofernes” — ArtCorner: A Blog by overstockArt.com" data-secret="70rssHzXkB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://cdn.overstockart.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.overstockart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Judith-I-VS-Judith-II.jpg12261415The dark night had fallen over Bethulia. A (symbolic) place in Jerusalem about to be taken and destroyed under the orders of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Assyria. General Holofernes had been dispatched to take vengeance of all the western nations who would refuse to worship the king alone, occupying all the territory along the seacoast. […]