Angelica, Paintress of Minds
Angelica Kaufman is so successful that when she comes to England as a young woman in 1766 a word is coined: Angelicamad. This sparky, true life novel tells the life story of a woman who battled…
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Angelica Kaufman is so successful that when she comes to England as a young woman in 1766 a word is coined: Angelicamad. This sparky, true life novel tells the life story of a woman who battled misogyny to become one of the greatest artists of the Enlightenment Period.After fifteen triumphant years in London, she flees to Italy following the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots. In Rome, as an old lady, a lively young artist and model names Lucia is Angelica's guest. And she's pregnant, ridded with the scandal Angelica has been trying to avoid all her life.She is the girl I trained myself not to be.Men can do as they like, but women risk losing everything. In her studio, Angelica relives her journey from a poor background to international fame. She paints her friends (Antonio Canova, Germaine de Stael, Emma Hamilton and Goethe among others) and draws