The passionate sightseer [ Texto impreso] : from the diaries, 1947 to 1956 / Bernard Berenson ; preface by Raymond Mortimer.

By:

Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

Contributor(s):

Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980 [prologuista.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, : Simon and Schuster, 1960.Description: 200 p : il., lám ; 24 cmSubject(s):

Contents:

Rome May 1947 to June 1955 ; Venice July 1951 to June 1954 ; Sicily May to June 1953 ; Tripoli and Leptis Magna May 1955 ; Calabria June 1955 ; The Romagna September 1955 ; Florence June to July 1956

Note: Contiene 168 ilustraciones (fotograbados) y 3 láminas a color. Summary: "On october 6, 1959, Bernard Berenson died at age of 94. Since 1900 he had lived at his villa I Tatti outside Florence, renowned as the world's foremost authority on Italian painting and for more than twenty years revered as a sage-a legend in his own lifetime. I Tatti became a place of pilgrimage for those who wanted to pay homage to this great exponent of life-enhancement. There were many, for Berenson loved civilized talk above else. Fortunately for us, like many another great conversationalist, Berenson kept a diary, and The passionate sightseer enables us to experience the wisdom winged with wit that kept his listeners entranced and inspited" -- Solapa anterior.

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Contiene 168 ilustraciones (fotograbados) y 3 láminas a color.

Rome May 1947 to June 1955 ; Venice July 1951 to June 1954 ; Sicily May to June 1953 ; Tripoli and Leptis Magna May 1955 ; Calabria June 1955 ; The Romagna September 1955 ; Florence June to July 1956

"On october 6, 1959, Bernard Berenson died at age of 94. Since 1900 he had lived at his villa I Tatti outside Florence, renowned as the world's foremost authority on Italian painting and for more than twenty years revered as a sage-a legend in his own lifetime. I Tatti became a place of pilgrimage for those who wanted to pay homage to this great exponent of life-enhancement. There were many, for Berenson loved civilized talk above else. Fortunately for us, like many another great conversationalist, Berenson kept a diary, and The passionate sightseer enables us to experience the wisdom winged with wit that kept his listeners entranced and inspited" -- Solapa anterior.

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