Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks to @TrishB for putting this on my #readersradar as I don‘t think I would have picked it up otherwise.

Even so, I found it rather slow in the first couple of chapters and, as I‘m a bit fed up of ‘feminist retellings‘, I considered bailing.

Then I suddenly became engrossed and wanted to learn all about the life and art of Artemisia Gentileschi at the start of the seventeenth century in Italy - a wonderful book!

The life of Artemisia Gentileschi, the first woman accepted into the Accademia dell‘ Arte in Florence.

What a lush novel! The way Vreeland paints a beautiful scene, and an unflinching portrait of a passionate and ambitious and flawed woman. Also loved the attention paid to Artemisia‘s process and artwork. I definitely had to look up every single painting as I read. Will be seeking out more of Vreeland‘s work! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

I have loved Artemisia Gentileschi since learning about her in a Women in Art class in college so I had to read this. I worried that since I already knew quite a bit about her life I wouldn‘t enjoy a fictional account but I was still interested in Fremantle‘s version and very much moved by Gentileschi‘s strength and perseverance. I wanted it to cover in more of her life as there was so much to come but understood why it focused on what it did.

This painting is mentioned in An Emotion of Great Delight it‘s called:

Judith Slaying Holofernes
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