Violating the Second Commandment's Taboo: Why Art Historian Meyer

From: Forward | Date: November 4, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Margaret Olin
Forward
11-04-1994
Violating the Second Commandment's Taboo: Why Art Historian Meyer. Schapiro Took on Bernard Berenson

The great art historian Meyer Schapiro has published the long-awaited fourth volume of his selected essays, just in time for his 90th birthday. The first three volumes display the astounding breadth of Mr. Schapiro's scholarly interests. Trained as a medievalist specializing in Romanesque art, he was equally knowledgeable about modern art. He contributed to that field not only as a scholar, but, through his teaching at Columbia University, as an inspiration to ...

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