An international best-seller, Alexandra Lapierre's Artemisia sweeps
us through the streets once frequented by Caravaggio, Velasquez,
and Van Dyck and into the studios of artists who used their daggers
as efficiently as their brushes.
Born in the early 1600s when artists were the celebrities of the
day, Artemisia was apprenticed to her father, the artist Orazio
Gentileschi, at an early age. Raped by his partner Agostino Tassi
at seventeen, the Gentileschi name was dragged through scandal for
Artemisia refused, even when tortured, to deny that she had been
raped. Indeed, she went farther: she dared to plead her case in
court. Artemisia is the story of a powerful love/hate relationship
between master and pupil, father and daughter, and a talent that
overturned the prejudices of the day, winning commissions from
wealthy patrons, nobles, and kings. Lapierre brings Artemisia
Gentileschi to vivid life as she tells of the emotional struggles
of the most fascinating and controversial artist of her time.
General
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2001 |
| First published: |
September 2001 |
| Authors: |
Alexandra Lapierre
|
| Translators: |
Liz Heron
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 139 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
448 |
| Edition: |
1st American ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-3857-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8021-3857-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780802138576 |
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