
Judith Slaying Holofernes
Judith and her maid hold Holofernes down together and work the blade through his throat. Artemisia painted it a decade after her rape trial.

Judith and her maid hold Holofernes down together and work the blade through his throat. Artemisia painted it a decade after her rape trial.

Bacon names four idols that warp human thinking: our species, our upbringing, our sloppy words, and the philosophies we inherit. Clear them away, gather evidence patiently, and nature gives up its secrets.

A single unbroken avalanche of bodies falls from a bright heaven at the top into the dark, with demons pulling them down.