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...pieces, dating back to the Yin dynasty, that most impressed the nonexpert art lovers. But it was their forms, especially one unique three-legged chüeh (wine goblet) of the Yin period, that delighted the connoisseurs. Said Florence's aged (89) art oracle, Expatriate Bernard Berenson: "The best collection of Chinese bronzes ever brought together under one roof in Europe...
Honorary degree speculation has also centered about Professor of History Helen Maud Cam, who is retiring and returning to England, Chester Bowles, former ambassador to India, George Kennan, former ambassador to Russia, art historian Bernard Berenson '88, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt...
Around the Corner. The Genoa showing added new fuel to the revival of interest in Caravaggio, which has been growing steadily ever since Milan staged a Caravaggio retrospective three years ago. In recent months Critic Bernard Berenson has published an appraisal of Caravaggio's work, and British Critic Roger Hinks has added a critical biography of one of the world's most spectacular artistic adventurers...
...reported my conversations with Mr. Pope very fairly. However, far too much emphasis was placed on the problems involved in Mr. Berenson's rumored bequest of his library and collections to Harvard...
...cradle of our own. Few things could contribute more to deepen our understanding of European achievements and problems. Americans would be working in close and daily collaboration with scholars from all over the world studying a culture which is one of the greatest achievements of western man. If Mr. Berenson were to leave I Tatti to Harvard, it would present the University with an extraordinary opportunity and represent a challenge to American education that Harvard should be proud to face. John Coolidge '35 Director of Fogg Museum