Villa I Tatti: Mary Berenson's "Golden Urn" Arcadia

Tiffany L. Johnston ISBN: 9788870385847 pp. 32, ill. b/n 4, col. 8 Brossura con bandelle year 2024 price: € 12
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Based on her voluminous manuscripts, the first book in the series reflects upon Mary Berenson's association with the hillsides below Fiesole and how, over a lifetime, she was instrumental in transforming the home she shared with her husband—art connoisseur, Bernard Berenson—from a rustic farmhouse into its current incarnation, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies. Providing glimpses of Mary's vibrant personality, the essay conveys a vision of the area as the Berensons once knew it and reveals interesting hillside connections both personal and historical. It further suggests that Mary's indomitable philosophy, what she called the "Golden Urn" principle, guided her vision for Villa I Tatti, a place whose unique atmosphere, as much as its inhabitants, drew artists, writers, and statesmen, as well as the affluent and fashionable from around the world.

Princess Ghyka and Miss Florence Blood at the Gamberaia. Stories from the Letters and Diaries of Mary and Bernard Berenson and of Other Neighbors, Friends, and Visitors on "Our Hillside"Patricia Osmond

Nina Auzias and Leo Stein from Montparnasse to SettignanoAlessandra Marchetti and Patricia Osmond with Michele Amedei