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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible." --
"Rome, 1605: After her mother's death, Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint. She chose paint. Artemisia...
Author
Series
Penguin classics ; 147
Language
English
Description
A parody of eminent people presenting a picture of the intellectual and moral life of the 16th century.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When considering the Italian Renaissance, the extraordinary sculptures of Michelangelo, the incomparable paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, or the immortal written works of Petrarch and Machiavelli spring to mind. Why there was such an artistic, cultural, and intellectual explosion at the start of the 14th century in Italy and not another part of Europe? Why did it ultimately fail in the middle of the 16th century? These lectures explore the underlying...
