I Am Venus

by Bárbara Mujica

Book Overview

The year is 1619, and Diego Vel zquez is a rising star at an art academy in Seville run by his father-in-law. But even as his young wife builds him a family, the painter yearns for a larger canvas, and soon his ambition lands him at the court of King Philip IV, where he quickly gains prominence, just as Spain is plunged into military defeat and domestic chaos. But as he gains nobility and privilege, Vel zquez encounters the sinful decadence that defines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146830657X
• ISBN13: 9781468306576
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher