Girl With a Pearl Earring
By Tracy Chevalier, read by Ruth Ann Phimister
Recorded Books
The fragile thread between artist and muse is explored in some fascinating literature. Tracy Chevalier’s story about the illiterate servant girl who captivates Johannes Vermeer is a lovely work of historical fiction. The subject of the haunting famous painting is, according to Chevalier’s great imagination, a young maid named Griet who stumbles into the world of art — and scandal — in 17th Century Delft, Holland. Here are more tales of the canvas:
Leonardo’s Swans
By Karen Essex, read by Elizabeth Sastre
Random House Audio
Leonardo da Vinci seeks face time with two sisters in Renaissance Italy, a period when politics, passion and intrigue reign.
Orchard
By Larry Watson, read by George Guidall
Recorded Books
A novel set in 1950s Door County, Wis., about a painter and his tempestuous affair with a married woman.
The Birth of Venus
By Sarah Dunant, read by Jenny Sterlin
Random House
A teenager falls for the artist commissioned to paint her family’s chapel in this novel set during the explosive political climate of 15th Century Florence, Italy.
