NAKED VIOLENCE: GENDER VIOLENCE IN WESTERN ART

For centuries, art has stylized violence against women—and called it beauty. An animated Persephone breaks free from Pluto’s arms and leads us through masterpieces from antiquity to today: from Roman sarcophagi to Bernini, from Artemisia Gentileschi to Marina Abramović. This cinematic journey offers a new perspective on the portrayal of sexualized violence in art—critical, powerful, not moralizing, but with a sharp and conscious gaze.