When I was in Secondary school (High school to people in the US) I read Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring. I had always been a fan of Vermeer but this story sparked an interest in the amazing tales that could exist behind these works of art. I have put together a selection of books that have been inspired some of the words most famous artists and paintings
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The Ruby Ring
Leonardo's Swans
I, Mona Lisa
Strapless
Artemisia
The Painted Kiss
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Signora Da Vinci
I hope you find something interesting among these titles. If you have any other suggestions leave them in the comments!
Leonardo's Swans
I, Mona Lisa
Strapless
Artemisia
The Painted Kiss
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Signora Da Vinci
I hope you find something interesting among these titles. If you have any other suggestions leave them in the comments!
thank you for this post. I see a couple of books I must read from your list.
ReplyDeleteI studied art history while completing a Fine Arts degree and one idea stuck in my head for a story which I carried around for ten years. Finally, I wrote my Mona Lisa trilogy and later, a paranormal romance about Sandro Botticelli. Both are themes where a figure in a master painting either emerges from the work or a viewer interacts with a painting and is drawn into the past.
The figures in paintings have stories to tell.
Thanks for visiting veronica. I went to Art college myself for 3 years and will always have a great appreciation for these artists and the people who bring stories to their subjects :)
DeleteI would add Lust for Life by Irving Stone.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion James Ill check it out :)
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