The Passion of Artemisia-Susan Vreeland, 9780142001820

The Nile on eBay\n\n  FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE\n\n \n\nThe Passion of Artemisia\nby\nSusan Vreeland\n\nVreeland's 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. 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 father's painting partner.\n\nFORMAT\nPaperback\nLANGUAGE\nEnglish\nCONDITION\nBrand New\n\nPublisher Description\n\""Susan Vreeland set a high standard with Girl in Hyacinth Blue.... The Passion of Artemisia is even better.... Vreeland's unsentimental prose turns the factual Artemisia into a fictional heroine you won't soon forget.\"" \u2014People\n\nA true-to-life novel of one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era against great struggle. Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably \""modern\"" life.  Vreel;