Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Art and Love

This is the second book I've read by Sarah Dunant, the first being Mapping the Edge. I enjoyed this one more. It is a love story, one of longing and loss but ultimately at its core, there is love. The political upheaval and its religious implications are also detailed in this story along with the art movement at that time.The central character is Alessandra, a head strong, passionate young girl who lives to paint and has many conflicts with her well to do family in trying to get on with her life. Her world unravels even further when a young painter, hired by her father, arrives to paint the frescoes in the family's chapel. Alessandra is forced to make choices which will forever alter her life, sometimes for the worse, but hoping still for the better.This is a wonderfully written novel and fans of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" will probably enjoy this story as well. I know I did.