the passion of artemisia by susan vreeland

With nothing but a thin screen to separate her from the attendees in court, seventeen-year-old Artemisia is poked and prodded, and humiliated. Artemisia Gentileschi, a young and upcoming artist, has suffered rape at the hands of her teacher and father's friend, and now has to endure the horrors of a public trial in which she is physically exposed during an examination to determine if she is a virgin or did in fact, suffer rape. Rights sold in Denmark, England, Finland and Germany.It is the early 1600s in Rome. Louis, the book will also be promoted by Vreeland's 12-city author tour, and has been named Book Sense's #1 pick for January/February. Published to coincide with an exhibition of the works of Gentileschi and her father in New York City and St. The Passion of Artemisia, which reprises many of the themes of its predecessor. Girl in Hyacinth Blue will be pleased with Forthright and imaginative, Vreeland's deft recreation ably showcases art and life. While some threads in the story are frustratingly dropped and the narrative concludes before the end of Artemisia's life, the underlying themes of familial and artistic reconciliation are satisfyingly developed. Will be spellbound in particular by the scenes in which Artemisia is shown at work. Details and visuals abound in the book readers who loved the painterly descriptions of Girl Studio and home become the battlefields of Artemisia's life, and Vreeland chronicles 20 years of the painter's struggles while raising her daughter alone. But rifts soon develop as Artemisia begins to have some success: she wins the patronage of the Medicis and is the first woman to be elected to the Accademia dell'Arte-before her husband. Her marriage, while not a love match, proves at first to be affectionate, and the arrival of a daughter, Palmira, strengthens the bond with her husband. Publicly humiliated and scorned in Rome after her participation as defendant in a rape trial in which the accused is her painting teacher (and father's friend) Agostino Tassi, Artemisia accepts a hastily arranged marriage at the age of 18 to Pietro Stiatessi, an artist in Florence. Narrated in the wise, candid first-person voice of Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653), the novel tells the story of Gentileschi's life and career in Renaissance Italy. With another novel delving into the themes of art, history and the lives of women. Vreeland follows up the success of Girl in Hyacinth Blue

The passion of artemisia by susan vreeland