A Lover of the Beautiful: A Study (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Katherine Carmarthen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483636185 ISBN 13: 9780483636187

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

In a stirring tale of art, love, and the ache for beauty, a Rome-set reminiscence unfolds.

A narrator recalls a mysterious masterpiece and the life behind it, where a gifted artist and his wife reveal how passion and intellect can clash with public taste.

Two friends, a renowned patron and a brilliant painter, drift between studio glare and private longing as they probe what beauty demands of those who seek to create it. The story blends vivid imagery with intimate conversations, tracing a relationship braided by devotion, doubt, and the lure of higher ideals.

• Explore the dynamic between artist, patron, and spouse against a backdrop of late-Roman society.
• Experience lyrical descriptions of art, desire, and the struggle for artistic integrity.
• Follow a memory-framed narrative that moves between reflection and vivid, tangible moments.
• Encounter themes of beauty, knowledge, and the limits of human longing.

Ideal for readers who enjoy atmospheric historical fiction that weaves art, emotion, and philosophy into aRomance-tinged study of beauty and its price.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0483636185
• ISBN 13: 9780483636187
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300