The Passion of Artemisia

By: Susan Vreeland

Published January 2003 by Penguin Books (first published November 8th 2001)

Category: Arts

Pages: 315 pages

ISBN: 9780142001820

Description:
From extraordinary highs - patronage by the Medicis, friendship with Galileo and, most importantly of all, beautiful and outstandingly original paintings - to rape by her father's colleague, torture by the Inquisition, life-long struggles for acceptance by the artistic Establishment, and betrayal by the men she loved, Artemisia was a bold and brilliant woman who lived as she wanted, and paid a high price.