the passion of artemisia by susan vreeland

When even her father does not stand up for her, she knows she cannot stay in Rome and begs to have a marriage arranged for her. The Passion of Artemisia chronicles the extraordinary life of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman to make a significant contribution to art history.At age eighteen, Artemisia Gentileschi finds herself humiliated in papal court for publicly accusing the man who raped her -Agostino Tassi, her painting teacher. Now, in her stunning new novel, she tells the story of a painter who transformed Renaissance Italy with the beauty of her work.

She died in 2017.In her luminous debut, Susan Vreeland told the story of a Vermeer painting that transformed the lives of many owners with its beauty. San Francisco Chronicle About the Author Susan Vreeland is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including Clara and Mr.

Vogue Vreelands remarkable ability to portray with lyricism and intelligence the life of the artist both at its most practical and most sublime makes this novel an accomplished work of art. People Vreeland has burrowed deeply into the mind of the artist and produced a vivid cast of female characters. Vreelands unsentimental prose turns the factual Artemisia into a fictional heroine you wont soon forget. Review Quotes A privileged glimpse into an extraordinary womans soul.-Margaret George Lovely.-The Atlantic Monthly Susan Vreeland set a high standard with Girl in Hyacinth Blue.

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 womans lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius. Vreeland tells Artemisias captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her fathers betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably modern life. People A true-to-life novel of one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era against great struggle. Book Synopsis Susan Vreeland set a high standard with Girl in Hyacinth Blue. She presents a fictionalized version of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, known for her contributions to Renaissance art and for the rape she suffered at the hands of her fathers painting partner. About the Book Vreelands novel The Girl in Hyacinth Blue traced a Vermeer painting through its owners, and her follow-up is also a moving celebration of the power of art.

The passion of artemisia by susan vreeland