Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Passion of Artemisia

Just finished reading The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. It was wonderful! An historical fiction about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi who was taught how to paint by her father, raped by her father’s partner, tortured in court when accusing her rapist, then married off to a painter from Florence where she started her career selling paintings to the Medici’s. I highly recommend anyone who reads this book to also look up her work.

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