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Artemisia
Artemisia
Author: Alexandra Lapierre, Liz Heron (Translator)
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, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802138576
ISBN-10: 0802138578
Publication Date: 9/27/2000
Pages: 448
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 29 ratings
Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Very interesting book about the life of Artemisia Gentilleschi and the up-and-down relationship with her father. The author really allows you to identify with Artemisia during her teenage years and watch her transformation as she grows up, though the book dragged on a little toward the end with a lot of long & confusing descriptions about the Italian papal system, the papal states' rulers and lineage, etc. I'd still recommend this to anyone who's a fan of Renaissance and Baroque art history, Italian history, biographies, or even family sagas.
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Very good bookabout a female painter. When I have the time, I hope to do more research on her since this book inspired me.
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wonderful story of a great woman Renaissance painter.

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Artemisia Gentileschi (Primary Character)

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