An Unpublished Essay by Mary Berenson, ‘Botticelli and his Critics’ (1894–95)

An unpublished essay written in 1894–95 by Mary Berenson offers the first extended analysis of ‘the immense popularity among cultivated Anglo-Saxons’ of Botticelli. Written in collaboration with Bernard Berenson, it offers the idiosyncratic view that the dreamy aspect of Botticelli’s figures results...

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Main Author: Jonathan K. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-06-01
Series:19 : Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
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Online Access:https://www.19.bbk.ac.uk/articles/837