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Title	:	Artemisia
Author	:	Alexandra Lapierre
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 427 pages
Published	:	September 21st 2001 by Grove Press (first published March 22nd 1999)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Art. Fiction. Cultural. Italy. Art History

Artemisia

Alexandra Lapierre

Paperback | Pages: 427 pages

Rating: 3.94 | 5229 Users | 127 Reviews

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An international best-seller, Artemisia is based on the passionate story of one of the Western world's first significant female artists. Born to the artist Orazio Gentileschi at the beginning of the 1600s, when artists were the celebrities of the day, Artemisia was apprenticed to her father at an early age, showing such remarkable talent that he viewed her as the most precious thing in his life. But at the age of seventeen Artemisia was raped by her father's best friend and partner. The Gentileschi name was dragged through scandal, for Artemisia refused, even when tortured, to deny it happened. Indeed, she went further: she dared to plead her case in court. All of Rome was riveted by the trial. Artemisia won the case, but lost the love of her father and of all of Rome. Artemisia sought revenge through her art, portraying women liberating their fellow citizens from tyrants. Her stunning works took Rome by storm, overturning the prejudices of her time and winning the admiration of patrons, courtesans, and monarchs. Lapierre brings the historical Artemisia Gentileschi to vivid life, capturing the sights, sounds, and smells of Baroque Italy as well as the life of this remarkable woman.

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Original Title:	Artemisia
ISBN:	0802138578 (ISBN13: 9780802138576)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Artemisia Gentileschi
Literary Awards:	Prix du XVIIe siècle

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This book by Alexandra Lapierre on the life of the female artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, is a fascinating study of the world of art and Europe during the seventeenth Century. Having read a few books on Caravaggio I had come across the name of Artemisia but knew very little of her other than that she had been raped by another artist and later went on to become quite famous herself. This book told the story of not only Artemisia and her art but also her father, Orazio Gentileschi, and showed how

I enjoyed this book very much, but found at times that it awkwardly shifted between the more scholarly tone of a biography with the narrative of pure fiction. The story of her life is just fascinating, and I suppose that is what carries it along, but sometimes that weird fusion just was strange to read. I definitely appreciated the inclusion of prints of the artist's works in the book, since that added to the experience of the story of Artemisia's life and work. Overall, I would recommend this

It was unreadable mainly because the names in the book are so freakin' long! Reading a paragraph is exhausting.

This put me in mind of the time I read Stacy Schiffs The Witches - a subject I could not be more intrigued by, written in a style I had to force myself through. I can see from the other reviews Im unusual in this - but the narrative way this was written was sooo flowery and full of (to me anyway) extraneous details about people who were only indirectly involved, so that my eyes just glazed over. There is so much research thats gone into this and is meticulously detailed in the Notes - if only it

At first, I wasnt sure if I got the correct book as this was supposed to be a novel and not non-fiction. The read is certainly very dry.It is more fit for those who need to write a paper-work on Artemisia.If youre looking for a novel about Artemisia, highly recommend The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland.

I trudged through about 100 pages of this with absolutely no enjoyment whatsoever. I did spend some minutes wondering exactly how to describe the writing - maybe a doctoral dissertation chopped up and interspersed with some very occasional dialogue and an omniscient author explaining the characters feelings? Not that I would know how a doctoral dissertation reads, but this sure does not read like a novel. I will credit the author for definitely not making this a "perky modern girl in period

At first I thought this book was too trashy for me to enjoy properly, but then I realized how deeply the author had researched her subject. Lapierre definitely presents things in a dramatic light, but to her credit, her protagonist was clearly living in a sensational time.