A Legacy of Excellence : the Story of Villa I TattiHarry N. Abrams, 1997 - 152 pagine At I Tatti Bernard Berenson assembled a choice collection of Renaissance art, including works by Giotto, Sassetta, Domenico Veneziano, and Lorenzo Lotto. He also formed a prodigious art historical research library and photograph collection. When he died in 1959, he bequeathed the house, its contents, and the gardens to Harvard University as a Center for Renaissance Studies. This book documents the colorful life the Berensons led at I Tatti, the rich intellectual atmosphere they fostered there, and the spirit that continues and is nurtured by the Harvard Center. A Legacy of Excellence: The Story of Villa I Tatti is the first published account of life at the villa from the Berensons' early years there until the present day. The lavish illustrations include many new color photographs of the house, gardens, and art collection, as well as archival photographs of the Berenson circle. The book offers a fascinating view into their unique world, and into that of the Harvard Center today. |
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Alda Allies American Anreps architectural arrived art historian artist Beren Berenson acquired Berenson and Nicky Berenson wrote Berenson's day Berenson's death Bernard Borsook Byba called Casa al Dono Cecil Pinsent century collection corridor cypress allée David Finn David Morowitz designed by Pinsent diary director door Duveen Edith Edith Wharton Fellows Fiorella Superbi Florence Florentine formal garden Fototeca frescoes Geoffrey Scott German giardino all'italiana giardino pensile guests Harold Acton Harvard Center Institute Iris Origo Italian art Italian Renaissance Italy John Pope-Hennessy Kenneth Clark kitchen Lady Sybil later letters Limonaia Lorenzo lunch Mary Berenson Mary's Mensola Morra Nicky Mariano Nicky's painter paintings panel Paris Photo photographs Piot Professor remain Renaissance Studies residence Rome Sassetta scholarly scholars Serlupi villa Settignano Sienese Signorelli Smyth staff stay Tatti Archive Tuscan University Villa I Tatti Villino Vincigliata visitors volume Walter Kaiser wife write young
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