LECTURE 2 "Florence"
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Florence became a destination somewhat later and attracted a very different kind of visitor, one strongly focused on the merits and aesthetic qualities of Italian Renaissance art and how they might elevate artistic taste in the United States. The city offered not only an extraordinary opportunity to study these historical works, but also to avail themselves of expert opinion via connoisseurs such as Bernard Berenson, an American art critic and historian who lived outside Florence and advised many collectors of the Gilded Age.
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LECTURE 3 "Venice"
Finally, Venice ascends at the end of the 19th century and appealed strongly to individuals with more modern sensibilities. The lure of Venice was often rooted in the perception of it as a city of decadence, mystery, and extreme aestheticism, made most evident in the works of American artist Jame...
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