Art and Artist Book Club
Noon to 1 p.m., irst Wednesday of the month
The Art and Artist Book Club features works of fiction that explore various topics related to the history of art. Curators and educators at the Columbus Museum provide a contextual analysis of the art and artists featured in the book of the month. Topics range from Renaissance frescoes to Tiffany glass and feature artists as diverse as Giotto and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The program is free to the public. For more information call Melinda Durham at 706.748.2562, ext.651 or email mdurham@columbusmuseum.com.
View the listings below to learn more about upcoming books to be read and discussed by the Art and Artist Book Club.
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August 4
Claude and Camille: A Novel of Claude Monet by Stephanie Cowell
Hosted by Tim Brown
Behind every great artist stands a woman driving him to inspiration, aspiration and desperation, according to Stephanie Cowell (Marrying Mozart), who bases her latest novel about an artist and his muse on the life of Claude Monet. A convincing narrative about how masterpieces are created and a detailed portrait of a complex couple, Cowell's novel suggests that a fabulous, if flawed, love is the source of both the beauty and sadness of Monet's art.
September 1
The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen
Hosted by Kristen Miller Zohn
The largely unknown story of female Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532–1625) is beautifully imagined here in YA novelist Lynn Cullen's sparkling adult debut. In a page-turning tale that brings to life the undercurrent of political, romantic and interfamily rivalries in the court of Spanish King Felipe II, the author shines a light on Sofonisba, who is brought under the tutelage of Michelangelo and later appointed as a lady-in-waiting for the king's 14-year-old wife, Elisabeth, to whom she becomes a close confidante.
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