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Critic, arbiter of taste, renowned authority on Renaissance painting and oracle to millionaire art collectors, Bernard Berenson was the most formidable presence in the art world for more than thirty years. Four decades of his life are unfolded in this compelling book.
List of contents
Preface Acknowledgments A Lithuanian Childhood Dreamer in Minot Street A Harvard Aesthete Literary Debut Cities of a Dream Seedtime of Art Beyond the Alps Disciple of Morelli The Smiths of Friday's Hill The Path to Monte Oliveto Master and Errant Pupil Trial of the Scholar-Aesthete Talent in Harness New Vistas at Home and Abroad Secrets of the Artistic Personality Heretic at the New Gallery The Tactile Imagination Only the Greatest in the World The Critical Gantlet The "Wizard of Quick Wits" A Duel with Vernon Lee A Tangled Web A Man of Affairs "Room for Berenson" A Union of "Minds and Feelings" A Victorian Husband The Study and Criticism of Italian Art The Wars of the Burlington Mission to the New World A New Beginning Selected Bibliography Notes Index
About the author
Ernest Samuels is Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English, Emeritus, at Northwestern University and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Summary
Critic, arbiter of taste, renowned authority on Renaissance painting and oracle to millionaire art collectors, Bernard Berenson was the most formidable presence in the art world for more than thirty years. Four decades of his life are unfolded in this compelling book.
