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...respected by the foremost literati of his day such as Oscar Wilde and Henry James. His word was often the only authority needed to verify the authenticity of a Da Vinci or Titian, and consequently, Berenson was an indispensable friend to collectors and dealers across the world.But perhaps Bernard Berenson??s greatest legacy was the villa which he called his own, and which became very much a part of who Berenson was—Villa I Tatti. “It is a machine à vivre, if you like, as there is a similar machine our bodies...
...Brad A. Berenson??s memories from his time at Harvard Law School are cloudy, but the former classmate of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama still vividly recalls one evening in the fall...
...Renaissance historian Bernard Berenson, Class of 1887, bequeathed his Italian estate at Villa I Tatti and library collections to his alma mater. The villa now houses the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy, as well as Berenson??s 130,000 volumes and more than 300,000 photographs...
...process of law” guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment applied only within the U.S. and to U.S. citizens or if it also applied to aliens abroad. According to Pearlstein, a 2004 Supreme Court ruling extended due process at the very least to the detainees of Guantanamo Bay. Berenson??s final point was to emphasize the idea that drastic times call for drastic measures. “The chance that these fanatics will get these nuclear weapons and use them is not small.” But Heymann warned against this attitude...
...legacy: paintings, books, buildings and grounds that epitomize their respective eras and locales. It would be a tragedy—not just to Renaissance scholars, but to human culture—to let them tarnish. Though the occasional guided tour may be the closest most people will get to Berenson??s paintings—a regrettable decision, but one necessary to keep the fragile art and books safe—the Villa frequently funds top-notch restorations of the canvases on its walls. These paintings one day will be important for a researcher and may wind...