{"id":557,"date":"2019-04-12T22:42:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/?p=557"},"modified":"2019-04-12T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T22:42:54","slug":"blood-water-paint-by-joy-mccullough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/2019\/04\/12\/blood-water-paint-by-joy-mccullough\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood, Water, Paint by Joy McCullough"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Those sensitive to the topics of rape or torture should proceed cautiously. While this book is never extremely physically graphic, it doesn\u2019t shy away from the emotional repercussions of the events it details.<\/p>\n

A story expertly told in verse, Blood, Water, Paint\u00a0<\/em>retells the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, a female painting prodigy in the 16th<\/sup>century. The book follows her frustrations in a male-dominated society \u2013 the injustices of her father, her painting \u201ctutor,\u201d and an incredibly sexist court system. I won\u2019t go too far into her story, as I couldn\u2019t do it the justice she deserves, but suffice to say, it uses verse to combine her development as a painter with her development as a woman \u2013 fighting through her mother\u2019s death, a rape, and a trial.<\/p>\n

I found this book stunning. I don\u2019t normally go for books in verse, but in this case, it perfectly captures the narrator\u2019s artistic nature, without feeling pretentious at all. The structure of the book also helps it go by very <\/em>quickly \u2013 I read the whole thing in one night. Artemisia Gentileschi was an amazing woman, who endured innumerable struggles fighting for nothing more than justice \u2013 not to mention one of the finest painters of the Baroque era. Her work was largely undiscovered until the late 20th<\/sup>century, when her paintings were finally shown. The feminist themes in her paintings made her an icon within the movement (as well as the more modern #MeToo movement) and her name continues to hold those connotations today. Those familiar with her work will recognize (and enjoy) the theme of gendered power dynamics at the heart of many of her paintings reflected in this story. However, you also don\u2019t need\u00a0<\/em>any knowledge of the painter to enjoy the book. Her story touches themes of injustice, resilience, and self-worth that resonate around the world today.<\/p>\n

Call #\u00a0Fiction M4599b<\/p>\n

Student review by Elizabeth<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those sensitive to the topics of rape or torture should proceed cautiously. While this book is never extremely physically graphic, it doesn\u2019t shy away from the emotional repercussions of the events it details. A story expertly told in verse, Blood, Water, Paint\u00a0retells the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, a female painting prodigy in the 16thcentury. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,25,7,36],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-feminist","tag-historical-fiction","tag-poetry","tag-sexual-assault"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/uni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}