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Bernard Berenson and Byzantine art : correspondence, 1920-1957

Title
Bernard Berenson and Byzantine art : correspondence, 1920-1957 / Gabriella Bernardi ; with contribution by Spyros Koulouris and a preface by Massimo Bernabò.
Author
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
Publication
  • Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Bernardi, Gabriella
  • Koulouris, Spyros
  • Bernabò, Massimo
Description
697 pages : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits, facsimiles; 24 cm.
Summary
"The American art historian Bernard Berenson, born in 1865, is famous for his pioneering studies of the Italian Renaissance, but his work on Byzantine art remains less well-known and less studied. Yet his passion for studies of Byzantium -- dubbed the 'Byzantine infection' -- played a major role throughout Berenson's life, and in the 1920s, he began work on a magnum opus on this topic that was sadly never completed. This volume aims to illuminate and revisit Berenson's approach to Byzantium and the art of the Christian East through an exploration and analysis of the correspondence, travel notes, and photo archive that Berenson built up over his lifetime, and that taken together, clearly points to an explicit recognition by Berenson of the importance of Byzantine art in the Latin Middle Ages. Drawing together Berenson's correspondence with art historians, collectors, and scholars from across Europe, the US, and the Near East, together with an overview of his numerous photography campaigns, the book is able to open a new window into Byzantine art historiography from the 1920s to the 1950s. In doing so, it sheds light onto a period in which important discoveries and extensive restoration campaigns were carried out, such as those of the mosaics of Hagia Sophia and Kariye Camii in Istanbul, as well as of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice and its decoration."--
Series Statement
Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the World ; volume 3
Uniform Title
Medieval and early modern Europe and the world ; v. 3.
Subject
  • Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
  • Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 > Correspondence
  • Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 > Travel > Middle East
  • Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959 > Bibliography
  • Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945 > Bibliography
  • Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945
  • Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
  • Art critics > United States > Correpondence
  • Art historians > United States > Correpondence
  • Art, Byzantine > Historiography
  • Art critics
  • Art historians
  • Travel
  • Art, Byzantine
  • Middle East
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Bibliographies.
  • Personal correspondence.
  • Correspondence.
Note
  • "Berenson's passion for Byzantine art is proved by the mass of letters the American art historian sent from his Florentine villa to his colleagues all around the world, published here by Gabiella Bernardi."--Preface, page 10.
Bibliography (note)
  • "Bibliography of Bernard and Mary Berenson's works": pages 573-575.
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-657) and indexes.
Contents
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Bernard Berenson -- A short biography. Byzantine vision of Bernard Berenson ; Bernard Berenson, Thomas Whittemore, and San Marco in Venice ; Capturing the Byzantine world / Spyros Koulouris ; Correspondence ; Historical photos ; Biographical profiles ; Scholars' photos -- Appendix. St Mark's, Byzantine temple and museum / Bernard Berenson ; 'A newly discovered Cimabue', Art in America, 8 (October 1920): 251-71 / Bernard Berenson ; 'Due dipinti del decimosecondo secolo venuti da Costantinopoli', Dedalo, 2 (1921-1922): 284-304 / Bernard Berenson ; Bibliography of Bernard and Mary Berenson's works.
Call Number
JQE 23-353
ISBN
  • 9782503596716
  • 2503596711
LCCN
9782503596716
OCLC
1344291609
Author
Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959.
Title
Bernard Berenson and Byzantine art : correspondence, 1920-1957 / Gabriella Bernardi ; with contribution by Spyros Koulouris and a preface by Massimo Bernabò.
Publisher
Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the World ; volume 3
Medieval and early modern Europe and the world ; v. 3.
Bibliography
"Bibliography of Bernard and Mary Berenson's works": pages 573-575.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-657) and indexes.
Added Author
Bernardi, Gabriella, author.
Koulouris, Spyros, contributor.
Bernabò, Massimo, writer of preface.
Other Form:
9782503596723 e-book version
Other Standard Identifier
9782503596716
Research Call Number
JQE 23-353
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