Shannon talked about both fiction and non-fiction books related to the world of fine and classical art. Here are the books specifically discussed at this Books Talk presentation:
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
by Ross KingLost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan HarrI, Mona Lisa
by Jeanne KalogridisThe Raphael Affair
by Iain PearsDeath of an Old Master
by David DickinsonThe Birth of Venus
by Sarah DunantGirl in Hyacinth Blue
by Susan VreelandLuncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan VreelandGirl With a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
Here are some additional recommended books on this theme:
Mistral’s Daughter
by Judith KrantzWhat I Loved
by Siri HustvedtLeonardo’s Swans
by Karen EssexConversations With a Clown
by Michael WelzenbachGirl With the Botticelli Eyes
by Herbert H. LiebermanArtscape
by Frederick RamsayBecoming Mona Lisa: The Making of a Global Icon
by Donald SassoonArtemisia
by Anna BantiIn the Company of a Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant