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Art critic

Bernard Berenson was an esteemed art critic and art historian, renowned for his expertise in the identification and evaluation of European art. Born on June 26, 1865, and passing away on October 6, 1959, Berenson's influence on the art world was profound. His writings and appraisals have had a lasting impact on subsequent generations.

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Famous Bernard Berenson Quotes

“The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing Nature and Humanity, rejoices in its measureless superiority to human passions and human sorrows.”

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Book:The Florentine painters. The Central Italian painters

Source: The Florentine painters. The Central Italian painters

“The Renaissance had resulted in the emancipation of the individual, in making him feel that the universe had no other purpose than his happiness. This brought an entirely new answer to the question, 'Why should I do this or that?' It used to be, 'Because self-instituted authority command you.' The answer now was, 'Because it is good for men.' In this lies our greatest debt to the Renaissance, that it instituted the welfare of men as the end of all action.”

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Book:Venetian and North Italian Schools

Source: Venetian and North Italian Schools

“There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learnt to separate them.”

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Author:Bernard Berenson

“Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visual arts, the theatre, must work singly and together to create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, the free man.”

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Author:Bernard Berenson

“Not what man knows but what man feels, concerns art. All else is science.”

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Book:The Italian Painters of the Renaissance

Source: The Italian Painters of the Renaissance

About the Author

Born: June 26, 1865
Died: October 6, 1959
Known for: Art critic
Quotes: 44

Books & Sources

The Bernard Berenson Treasury: A Selection from the Works, Unpublished Writings, Letters, Diaries, and Journals of the Most Celebrated Humanist and Art Historian of Our Times, 1887-1958Related source material

Sunset and Twilight: From the Diaries of 1947-1958Related source material

Rumour and Reflection: 1941:1944Related source material

Sketch For A Self PortraitRelated source material

Venetian and North Italian SchoolsRelated source material

Colloqui con BerensonRelated source material

Essays in AppreciationRelated source material

Looking at pictures with Bernard BerensonRelated source material

The Florentine painters. The Central Italian paintersRelated source material

The Italian Painters of the RenaissanceRelated source material

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