In 17th century Rome, a young artist named Artemisia Gentileschi faced unimaginable trauma when she was sexually assaulted by her art teacher. During the subsequent trial, she endured torture through thumbscrews during cross-examination—a horrific practice meant to “verify” her testimony. Despite this ordeal and the constraints of a society that suppressed artistic expression by woment,

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