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title: "Blood Water Paint"
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# Blood Water Paint

**Brand:** joy mccullough
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Blood Water Paint

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Love love love
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018*

"And listen to me, love. When a woman risks her place, her very life to speak a truth the world despises? Believe her. Always."As a lover of art history, as a teacher, as an artist, and as a woman, I loved this book. I long for, and so rarely find, books that tell the stories of art, of artists, as creative non-fiction. This definitely fit the bill, and was an easy and quick read.It tells the story of 17 year old Artemisia Gentileschi, an "apprentice" artist at a time when women did not become such, her apprenticeship mostly a screen for her father to take credit for her work. Although it takes place over 500 years ago, it could have happened yesterday, or happen still next week, and but for a few 17th century Roman details we wouldn't know the difference. This story is told two-fold: as the biblical stories of two women that were the bases for two of Artemisia's more famous paintings told by her mother and written in prose, and as Artemisia lives and tells her own story in beautifully written free verse. The storytelling is exquisite and the story itself terrifying and infuriating and beautiful and sad.What I want you to know is this: Artemisia Gentileschi is known now for the event(s) described in this book. Maybe if not for it, we wouldn't even know this woman or her work so it is hard to separate the Artist from the victim. That being said, regardless, she isn't only to be studied by art historians because she was one of the finest (and only) female artists recognized at the time, but because she is one of the finest artists of her time, and possibly ours.As a sometimes art history teacher, I introduce Judith and Artemisia on day one in my class. When I teach her, I introduce the story of Judith and Holofernes first. There are many depictions of this story throughout history, and I show several different works to illustrate the time periods and styles through this single subject (maybe 7 art works). My students do the standard compare and contrast, try to identify the style, try to organize them chronologically, etc etc. The last thing I ask is "Which of these was painted by a woman?" They have five minutes to think about it, write down their answer, and defend it with their why. When we share the responses, it is always so interesting to see how the students choose. Let's break down our assumptions and biases on day one, and take the time to really see the art.I ask you, as you read, or after... Look at all the Susannas that were painted, and all the different Judiths. The great and powerful and talented men who painted these women, and then look at Artemisia Gentileschis."I will show you what a woman can do."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    I still had the experience of feeling genuine horror and disappointment as I read about how her interactions with Agostino
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2018*

Blood Water Paint is the most compelling book I have read so far this year. Even though I already knew many of the facts of Artemisia Gentileschi's life, I still had the experience of feeling genuine horror and disappointment as I read about how her interactions with Agostino, her painting instructor, turn out. (On that note, this book is incredibly timely to the #metoo movement.) However, this book also portrays a lot of fortitude and the sense of purpose that can come from pursuing a passion (in this case, painting).Mostly I am leaving this review to encourage people like me, who mostly read adult literary fiction, to pick up this book, which is technically YA. This holds especially true for those who enjoyed Max Porter's Grief Is This Thing With Feathers and books by Ali Smith (especially How To Be Both). I also think those who like Anne Carson would enjoy Blood Water Paint.There's some real formal inventiveness, as the novel shifts between Artemisia's POV (written in verse) and her mother's POV, told in prose.(Interesting side note: The mother is dead during the events in the novel and these sections purport to be the mother telling Artemisia important stories about Judith and Susanna, both of whom Artemisia will eventually paint, and what it means to be a woman in general, before she died. But I think it's equally possible to suggest that this POV could represent Artemisia re-voicing her mother, in order to comfort herself, to explain to herself the events that are transpiring around her.)Blood Water Paint is also quite inventive in how the author, Joy McCullough, weaves the voices of Judith and Susanna into the verse sections that represent Artemisia's POV. I would give this book 10 stars if I could and will definitely read it again.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    devastatingly beautiful and raw and punches you in the gut
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018*

This is a book that can be uncomfortable to read. It's one that deals with heavy and heartbreaking topics but it's real, devastatingly beautiful and raw and punches you in the gut.I feel like this is such an important and beautiful book and Artemisia's story was so well done, along with weaving the story of Susanna and Judith and her own together. Woman all with different kinds of strength, but overflowing strength nonetheless.

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