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Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Pietro: Add a description of this character.
- Palmira
- Graziela
- Renata
- Agostino
- Mama
- Sister Paola
- Judith
- Andrea
- Giovanni
- Lucrezia
- Francesco
- Susanna
- Orazio Gentileschi
- Cesare
- Signor Buonarroti
- Mary Magdalene
- David
- Bianca
- Abra
- Cleopatra
- Papa
- Peter
- Michelangelo
- Holofernes
- Signor Bandinelli
- Signor Galilei
- Brunelleschi
- Botticelli
- Adam
- Ferdinand
- Palrnira
- Donatello
- Giuliano
- Giuliana
- Cosimo
- Giotto
First Sentence edit
My father walked beside me to give me courage, his palm touching gently the back laces of my bodice.
Table of Contents edit
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
1. The Sibille
2. Judith
3. Agostino
4. The Verdict
5. Sister Graziela
6. Pietro
7. Florence
8. Palmira
9. Inclinazione
10. The Academy
11. Judith
12. Galileo
13. Venus
14. Mary Magdalene
15. Pietro
16. Graziela
17. Pietro
18. Cleopatra
19. Renata
20. Lucrezia
21. Palmira
22. Graziela
23. Naples
24. Bathsheba
25. Palmira
26. Paola
27. Orazio
28. Artemisia
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Vreeland (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Gigi Bermingham (Reader) - reader of audio cassette edition by Highbridge audio
- Nancy Resnick (Designer)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 14, 2002
ISBN: 0670894494
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Viking Adult; First Edition edition
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: January 14, 2002
ISBN: 0670894494
Page Count: 320
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- Dewey: 813.54
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