Thursday, June 26, 2008

Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber (2008)

Another one of my favorite genre's - art history fiction! And this one combines the present with the past. Chaz Wilmot, a current day artist doesn't want to compromise his art and ends up just doing advertising work. The only thing he seems to get into is painting in the style of old masters. Then a college roommate asks him to experiment with some drug that may enhance creativity, and he starts having experiences as if he was Diego Velázquez, a Spanish court painter from the 17th century. Again, I liked the look into the past at how artists worked.

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