YUP’s uneven Jewish Lives offers a series of short, accessible biographies that could become a significant literary mural, showcasing the scope of Jewish culture.
Bernard Berenson: A Life in the Picture Trade
Book Review: Art Historian Bernard Berenson — Reinvention as the American Dream
Cohen devotes little space to Bernard Berenson’s art historical methodology, now largely superseded by modern approaches. She relates Berenson’s less admirable qualities without judging them.