Berenson

[ ber-uh n-suh n ]

/ ˈbɛr ən sən /

Bernard or Bern·hard

[bur-nahrd, burn-hahrd] /ˈbɜr nɑrd, ˈbɜrn hɑrd/,1865–1959, U.S. art critic, born in Lithuania.

Example sentences from the Web for berenson

Mr. Berenson answers the question thus: "His pictures are the perfect reflex of the Renaissance at its height."

Giorgione |Herbert Cook
Finally, Mr. Berenson, with rare insight proclaimed the conception and the spirit of the picture to be Giorgione's.

Giorgione |Herbert Cook
The attribution to Titian is, however, not disputed by the two severest of modern critics, Morelli and Berenson.

Titian; a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter |Estelle Hurll
Crowe and Cavalcaselle, supplemented by the writings of Berenson, should be consulted as to this painter.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 |Various

Mr. Berenson calls attention further to the historical significance of this page from contemporary life and manners.

A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools |Various

Berenson

/ (ˈbɛrənsən) /

Bernard 1865–1959, US art historian, born in Lithuania: an authority on art of the Italian Renaissance