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The Passion of Artemisia

By Vreeland Susan

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In her luminous debut novel, Susan Vreeland told the story of a Vermeer painting that transformed the lives of its many owners with its beauty. Now, in her stunning new novel, she tells the story of a painter who transformed Renaissance Italy with the beauty of her work. The Passion of Artemisia<Continue

In her luminous debut novel, Susan Vreeland told the story of a Vermeer painting that transformed the lives of its many owners with its beauty. Now, in her stunning new novel, she tells the story of a painter who transformed Renaissance Italy with the beauty of her work. 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. 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. Her new husband, an artist named Pietro Stiatessi, takes her to his native Florence, where her talent for painting blossoms and she becomes the first woman to be elected to the Accademia dell'Arte. But marriage clashes with Artemisia's newfound fame as a painter, and she begins a lifelong search to reconcile painting and motherhood, passion and genius.

Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, peopled with historical characters such as Cosimo de' Medici and Galileo and filled with the details of the life of a Renaissance painter, The Passion of Artemisia is the story of Gentileschi's struggle to find love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her art. At once a dramatic tale of love and a moving father-daughter story, it is the portrait of an astonishing woman that will captivate lovers of Gentileschi's paintings and anyone interested in the life of a woman who ignored the conventions of her day and dared to follow her heart.

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    Painting an amazing woman

    It's really sad that the women painters that came to be do not get as much attention as their male counterparts. I discovered Artemisia whose works I will surely be looking out on my next visit to The Metropolitan Museum.

    Artemisia Gentileschi was a baroque painter who lived during the last da ... (continue)

    It's really sad that the women painters that came to be do not get as much attention as their male counterparts. I discovered Artemisia whose works I will surely be looking out on my next visit to The Metropolitan Museum.

    Artemisia Gentileschi was a baroque painter who lived during the last days of the Medici and was a contemporary of Galileo. She painted as beautifully as Caravaggio. And she had to make a living for herself and her daughters. Not an easy feat considering that she was... just a woman.

    Once again Susan Vreeland painted another masterpiece... a story about a very talented artist, an amazing woman - flawed but so human. If you love art and beauty, if you have a passionate heart, read this magnificent book.

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  • 1 person find this helpful

    I "read" this as an audio-book and must say the story is beautiful and very inspirational for me as a former painter, but the narrator, Gigi Bermingham, got on my nerves. I didn't always agree with her interpretation of a character's tone of voice and her range of tones is quite limited. Overall, ... (continue)

    I "read" this as an audio-book and must say the story is beautiful and very inspirational for me as a former painter, but the narrator, Gigi Bermingham, got on my nerves. I didn't always agree with her interpretation of a character's tone of voice and her range of tones is quite limited. Overall, I loved the story of Artemisia's life and I recommend the book, perhaps not the audio version.

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    Leah said on Dec 31, 2007 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

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