Bernard Berenson‘s Way To Be A Art Expert-- A Case Study Of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

• Main Authors: chang-wei, 張微
• Other Authors: Yi-Fang Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/927r9f

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 藝術研究所 === 106 === Bernard Berenson(1865-1959), a legendary American connoisseur, has multiple identities as an art historian, art critic as well as art consultant. In this study, I utilized historical and content research to observe the impact of American’s Gilded era on the scholars and to analyze how American’s understanding of Renaissance art was remodeled by collection identification criteria that Berenson respected. Subsequently, this study investigated the background of and reasons for establishing the Isabella Gardner Museum. Through listing the museum collection acquired mainly under the advice of Berenson, this study analyzed the museum’s paintings and the details on how they were purchased. In addition, the correspondence between Berenson and Madam Gardner was arranged and presented to elucidate the shifts of dominance between the art expert and collector during the purchasing process. Besides, from his diaries and related communication records, we studied the art giant’s mental changes and morale issues in the field of art trades, scrutinized his life, rich but confused, and revalued it from every angles. Eventually, we make the conclusion that the surroundings, adequate and rich, provided the man with resources and funds. However, it also threw Bernard Berenson into the dilemma of balancing the credit and prestige as a scholar and connoisseur as well as the benefit from his work as an art consultant.