Bernard Berenson and the Twentieth Century

Abstract

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Appraising Berenson Berenson and Early Modernism Berenson as a Theorist Berenson as a Writer Characterizing Berenson's Achievement 2. Defining Berenson's Modernity Introduction Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Lorenzo Lotto Egisto Fabbri and Hermann Obrist Florentine Painters of the Renaissance Central Italian Painters of the Renaissance 3. Berenson at the Crossroads Connoisseurship Versus Criticism A Sienese Painter of the Franciscan Legend North Italian Painters of the Renaissance The of Art Critical Writing During the Duveen Years 4. Berenson's Last Years Sage of Settignano Aesthetics and History in the Visual Decline and Recovery in the Figure Arts Performing Monkey Geometricization of the Individual: Humanism at Risk Seeing and Knowing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index