{"product_id":"the-passion-of-artemisia-1565115260","title":"The Passion of Artemisia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1565115260\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vreeland, Susan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the lush tapestry of Renaissance Rome, this is a mesmerizing tale of love, art, and most notably, the love of art. After Artemisia Gentileschi, a promising young painter, is raped by her instructor, a papal court orders her torture and her father betrays her. Shamed but not vanquished, she asks her harsh parent to arrange her marriage to another painter and, thus vindicated in the eyes of society and the church, she begins a new life. But not a happy one.Artemisia's visceral passion to create artspecifically, to depict on canvas the kind of strong heroine she herself has becomethreatens to overwhelm her roles as wife and daughter. Her struggle to reconcile her conflicting passions lies at the heart of Artemisia's story, ingeniously crafted by Susan Vreeland, whose gift of language is matched by her uncanny ability to evoke a distant time and place.Vreeland's previous novel, the best-selling Girl in Hyacinth Blue, dazzled the critics and wa\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51326276763936,"sku":"NEW1565115260","price":33.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61ir-aQYnSL.jpg?v=1773160858","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-passion-of-artemisia-1565115260","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}