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. 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. Artemisias visceral passion to create artspecifically, to depict on canvas the kind of strong heroine she herself has becomethreatens to overwhelm her roles as wife and daughter. The Passion of Artemisia book by Susan Vreeland Romance Books > Romantic Historical Books 6070725131 El coronel fue echado al mar Spanish by Susan Vreeland See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.39 - 4.79 Paperback 4.59 - 15.68 Audio CD - Select Condition Like New 4.79 Very Good 4.69 Good - Acceptable 4. Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, fr. The Passion of Artemisia is even better. Vreeland's unsentimental prose turns the factual Artemisia into a fictional heroine you won't soon forget." - PeopleĪ true-to-life novel of one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era against great struggle. Read 1,033 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. "Susan Vreeland set a high standard with Girl in Hyacinth Blue.
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