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The Marble Muse

Diane Baia Hale

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Description:Based on the untold true story.Rome, Italy—1858: Defying convention, Louisa Lander, a young American from Salem, Massachusetts, is struggling to become one of the first women with a career in sculpture—of all the arts, traditionally viewed as the most masculine—and to overcome the resentment of the male Anglo-American sculpting community in Rome at her attempts to break into their world. Thus, when famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne—another native of Salem—visits the Eternal City and and commissions a bust from her, she thinks her lucky break has finally arrived, even though the art establishment makes no secret of its displeasure that such an important commission should go to a relative unknown—and a woman at that. But Hawthorne’s motives are not what they seem, and little does Lander suspect where her relationship with the creator of The Scarlet Letter will lead her. Not even the sunny Italian skies can dispel Salem’s long shadows, and others in Rome are watching, especially William Wetmore Story, a rival sculptor also from the old Massachusetts witch town, whose jealousy towards Lander sends him in search of a way to destroy her.Witch hunts continue to arise today, and The Marble Muse is a tale of how the powerful—especially powerful men—can utterly destroy not only a life, but a legacy, and how great art—especially by women—too often never gets to see the light of day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Marble Muse. To get started finding The Marble Muse, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Based on the untold true story.Rome, Italy—1858: Defying convention, Louisa Lander, a young American from Salem, Massachusetts, is struggling to become one of the first women with a career in sculpture—of all the arts, traditionally viewed as the most masculine—and to overcome the resentment of the male Anglo-American sculpting community in Rome at her attempts to break into their world. Thus, when famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne—another native of Salem—visits the Eternal City and and commissions a bust from her, she thinks her lucky break has finally arrived, even though the art establishment makes no secret of its displeasure that such an important commission should go to a relative unknown—and a woman at that. But Hawthorne’s motives are not what they seem, and little does Lander suspect where her relationship with the creator of The Scarlet Letter will lead her. Not even the sunny Italian skies can dispel Salem’s long shadows, and others in Rome are watching, especially William Wetmore Story, a rival sculptor also from the old Massachusetts witch town, whose jealousy towards Lander sends him in search of a way to destroy her.Witch hunts continue to arise today, and The Marble Muse is a tale of how the powerful—especially powerful men—can utterly destroy not only a life, but a legacy, and how great art—especially by women—too often never gets to see the light of day.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Marble Muse. To get started finding The Marble Muse, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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