The Passion of Artemisia - Brossura

Vreeland, Susan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 074726533X ISBN 13: 9780747265337

Casa editrice: Headline, 2002

Riassunto

From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, friendship with Galileo and, most importantly of all, beautiful and outstandingly original paintings - to rape by her father's colleague, torture by the Inquisition, life-long struggles for acceptance by the artistic Establishment, and betrayal by the men she loved, Artemisia was a bold and brilliant woman who lived as she wanted, and paid a high price. Now Susan Vreeland, author of the acclaimed GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE, brings her story to passionate and vivid life.

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Recensione:

'Fascinating...Vreeland edits the facts with such skill that the result is an ingenious fragment of imagined autobiography...that has a resonance with Artemisia's time and yet is wholly contemporary' The Times

Praise for GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE:

'Not just another book with a Vermeer on the dust jacket....This beautifully imagined and written book...is a work of art itself'

'A highly entertaining and thought-provoking read...a treat' Sunday Herald

Wonderful...extraordinarily skilled...deft, perceptive...deeply moving

A work of art

'An enjoyably languorous read...Viva Artemisia!' The Big Issue in the North

'Boldly imagined' Observer

'Vreeland is expert at seeing the world through the eyes of an artist' Guardian

'Highly enjoyable' Sunday Telegraph

'Beautifully imagined...well crafted...[an] entertaining and moving novel' Historical Novels Review

Descrizione del libro:

A story of suffering, love and the triumph of talent - the scandalous and dramatic life of Artemisia Gentileschi, Italy's greatest woman artist in the tradition of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Headline
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 074726533X
• ISBN 13: 9780747265337
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352