But her house of cards, built by manipulation and greed, falls after 9/11. This book follows Lacey Yeager, an ambitious art dealer, as she does questionable things to move her way up the ladder in the art world. The famous actor-turned-author tries his hand at writing fiction with An Object of Beauty. Isabella decides to put family ties aside and let her ambition rule her. Unfortunately, the Duke of Milan is the only man who has access to him, and he’s married to Isabelle’s sister, Beatrice. In Renaissance Italy, Isabella d’Este wants nothing more than to be immortalized in one of Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings. By following the secret message inscribed in the painting, she tries to find out who killed the knight depicted in the art. When Julia, an art restorer, cleans a Flemish painting from the 15th century, she wasn’t counting on finding a centuries-old murder mystery. The Flanders Panelby Arturo Perez-Reverte

Buchanan’s book is told from the point-of-view of a young Yuki and her adult son, Jay, examining why mothers abandon their children. She’s willing to sacrifice just about anything to get it-even her 2-year-old son. Yuki Oyama wants to be a great artist someday. Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan No longer an idealistic youth, Ono tries to relate to the world around him and his daughters in a place that has largely moved on from its dark past. The story takes place from the point-of-a-view of 16-year-old Griet who chooses to pose for Vermeer.Ĭlaire Roth agrees to forge a long-lost Degas painting in exchange for her own art show at this prestigious gallery, but along the way, she starts to realize that the Degas that was stolen might have actually been a fraud as well.Īn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroĪrtist Masuji Ono struggles with the ramifications of letting politics influence his paintings before the World War II began. Tracy Chevalier imagines the story behind Vermeer’s most famous portrait. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier In the spirit of Tulip Fever, here are some of the best books that mix literature with art. They begin an affair during the height of the Tulip War in the Netherlands during the mid-1600s that drastically changes the lives of all those involved.

Tulip Fever follows Sophia, the wife of a rich merchant, who slowly falls in love with the artist responsible for commissioning a portrait of her and her husband. Follow her on Twitter steamy adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s 2001 historical romance is set to hit screens on September 1, starring Alicia Vikander and Dane DeHaan. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Paste, and Brooklyn Magazine. Alicia is a writer and editor based in New York City.

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