A Portrait in Shadow, Nicole Jarvis
A Portrait in Shadow, Nicole Jarvis
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A Portrait in Shadow

Author: Nicole Jarvis

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Unabridged: 15 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023

Synopsis

When Artemisia Gentileschi arrives in Florence seeking a haven for her art, she faces instant opposition from the powerful Accademia, self-proclaimed guardians of the healing and necrotic magic that protect the city from plague and curses. As artists create their masterpieces, they add layer upon layer of magic drawn from their very life essence into the paint or marble, draining their power but producing works that will heal hundreds and inspire generations. The all-male Accademia jealously guards its power over art and architecture and has no place for an ambitious young woman arriving from Rome under a cloud of scandal. Alone and fighting for every commission, Artemisia begins winning allies among luminaries such Galileo and Michelangelo the Younger, as well as the wealthy and powerful Cristina de’ Medici. But when the shadow of her infamous rape trial in Rome turns her thoughts to vengeance and an incendiary preacher turns his ire from Galileo to Florence's art world, Artemisia must choose between revenge and her dream of creating a legacy that will span the generations.

About Nicole Jarvis

Nicole Jarvis has been writing stories as long as she can remember. After graduating with degrees in English and Italian from Emory University, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in publishing. She currently works in marketing at Bloomsbury Publishing and lives in Manhattan with two cats named after children's book characters.

About Carlotta Brentan

Carlotta Brentan is a Meisner-trained actor and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer who has worked in theater, film, commercials, and voiceover. A proud graduate of the three-year conservatory training program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and of the Academy Theatre Company, she is originally from Italy but is currently based in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ♥Milica♥ on May 08, 2023

I really hope Nicole Jarvis keeps setting her books in cities I've been to, because it's always fun when she names something and my brain is like "AHA, I'VE SEEN THAT/I'VE BEEN THERE". If you're reading this Miss Jarvis please give me 3/3 for your next book, thanks!! So we have Artemisia who's trying......more

Goodreads review by Dasha on April 30, 2023

A Portrait in Shadow by Nicole Jarvis is a beautiful slow-burning story about art, its meaning, power, and price. This book is a deep exploration of our passions – sometimes to create, heal, share, and sometimes to destroy. The story takes place in 17th-century Florence where art is magic. This deta......more

Goodreads review by Ariyana on June 24, 2024

Dnf. Got to about page 100, but it was just way too slow. This book had so much potential. “Babel meets the world of art” is how I was going into this book. However, I found it to be dragged on, the magic system small and very unexplained, and there wasn’t any characters I could connect with. There......more

Goodreads review by chia on October 07, 2023

I think I should start with the things I liked about this book. *spoilers ahead* - The discussion set around academia and the devaluation of art, which becomes yet another good that can be sold and commercialized more often than not in favor of the pre-existing elite of greedy, rich men. It shows us t......more

Goodreads review by Connie on June 06, 2023

A Portrait in Shadow is a powerful alternative historical fiction set in Renaissance Florence. It's the story of Artemisia Gentleschi. A young woman artist struggling to make her name in a man's world. There's a great cast of characters, including Galileo Galilei and the Medici. I had never heard of th......more

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