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082	1		_aFIC LAP _2
100	1		_aLapierre, Alexandra
245	1	0	_aArtemisia _c/ Alexandra Lapierre
260			_aNew York _b: Grove Press _c, 2000, c1998
300			_a427 p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aArtemisia is based on the passionate story of one of the Western world's first significant female artists. Born to the artist Orazio Gentileschi at the beginning of the 1600s, when artists were the celebrities of the day, Artemisia was apprenticed to her father at an early age, showing such remarkable talent that he viewed her as the most precious thing in his life. But at the age of seventeen Artemisia was raped by her father's best friend and partner. The Gentileschi name was dragged through scandal, for Artemisia refused, even when tortured, to deny it happened. Indeed, she went further: she dared to plead her case in court. All of Rome was riveted by the trial. Artemisia won the case, but lost the love of her father and of all of Rome. Artemisia sought revenge through her art, portraying women liberating their fellow citizens from tyrants. Her stunning works took Rome by storm, overturning the prejudices of her time and winning the admiration of patrons, courtesans, and monarchs.
546			_aTranslated from the French to English
600	1	4	_aGentileschi, Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia _y-1597 – 1651 _x-Fiction
650		4	_aScandal _x-Fiction
650		4	_aPainter _z-Italian
700	1		_aHeron, Liz
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