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Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD (Unabridged)
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Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.
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Melissa (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
I really enjoyed this book and have recommended it to several people. Artemisia is a real painter in renaissance Italy but the story is fictional. Susan Vreeland really combines the real aspects of Artemisia's life with the fiction beautifully. This book had me researching Artemisia to see her paintings. You can find them on-line by doing a simple search. It is interesting to see the paintings that has been described in the book.
Sarah K. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a great book. It has to do with a woman painter in old-time Italy. She went through a lot in this book. She was raped as a teenager and brought her rapist to trial, where the rapist said she was a whore. After the trial she gets married off by her father to a poor painter with a wandering eye... it was really good.
Marci S. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Vreeland's fictionalised tale of painter Artemisia Gentileschi is a must-read. I could hardly put this down once I began reading. She melds fiction and history into a wonderfully engaging tale.
Kristin (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A thought-provoking portrait of Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Artemisia is a woman who was brutalized by her father's contemporary, persecuted by the court system, married off to a man she didn't know to save her father's reputation and all the while she still managed to express an amazing amount of painterly talent while bucking the traditonal "man's domain" of art. Very well written with rich, period details and a great deal of emotion. A tale that is not easily forgotten.
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Connie (Sad, like some of her paintings, but lovely novel. Beautiful, like her paintings. A novel you won't forget. If i could give this one ten stars i would.
Katy (What a beautiful book. I found the story to be compelling and felt a connection to Artemesia as portrayed by Ms. Vreeland. I especially identified with the difficulties and heartache of trying to juggle children and a career, though her struggles were much more difficult than anything I've experienced.
A riveting work of historical fiction about Italian painter, Artemisia. Well-written and intriguing, the book lets us in on the inner workings of Florence's politics as well as the mind of a young Florentine woman.
I loved this book. I love this author and her style of writing. The story creates a vivid picture of a female artist set in 17th century Italy. Great read :)
I LOVE all of Susan Vreeland's books. She's crafts masterful stories. And the fact that they're historically based makes them even more intriguing.
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