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279 pp.
| Bloomsbury |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-61963-133-5$17.99
(4)
YA
Parisian teen Julien, a curator's son, begins to see paintings come alive. When a long-lost, supposedly cursed Renoir painting resurfaces, Julien falls in love with its subject, Clio (one of the mythologized nine Muses in human form). There are holes in Whitney's conceit and the dialogue is stilted, but art lovers will relish the abundant detail-rich references to famous works.