Word: artes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...print, a powerful woodcut entitled Death of a Laureate. A hideous, paunchy Caesar seems to gore himself with his own hand. The intricate details that contrast so effectively with the forceful large areas of pure black testify once more to the skill of this master craftsman of American art. More of his work should have been exhibited...
...prepared statement, President Pusey declared himself "deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bernard Berenson, a distinguished son of Harvard whose gracious presence and confident taste have greatly influenced art and letters...
...University is heir to the estate and a major part of the personal belongings of the late Bernard Berenson '87, the CRIMSON learned yesterday. Berenson, renowned art critic, died yesterday morning at the age of 94 in his villa at Settignano, Italy, after a long illness...
Berenson's sharp eye for a genuine masterpiece served him well as he built up the large art collection that now fills his 40-room Settignano mansion. The contents of this villa, most of which have been willed to Harvard, include an extensive library of about 80,000 volumes on art, religion, and history as well as the art collection...
Because of Berenson's constantly stated desire that his estate, "I Tatti," be left just as it had been during his life time, sources deem it unlikely that the art at the estate will be removed to America...