One life for two: the autobiography of Irbing and Marilyn Lavin
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Author: Marilyn Aronberg Lavin
“What do you do when your husband gets the best job in the country ina field that he stole from you? Well, that’s what happened to me, and that’s what this book is about.” So be- gins Marilyn Aronberg Lavin’s spirited memoir of her seventy-year relation- ship with Irving Lavin, one of Ameri- ca’s most eminent art historians. Her narrative traces their parallel careersas they both achieve remarkable suc- cess—he as a distinguished professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; she as an award-winning authority on Italian Renaissance paint- ing, iconography, and collectionism. Reflecting on their shared passion for the history of art, Marilyn has crafted a portrait of a partnership, while show- ing readers how the world of arthistory can be both intellectually rigorous and emotionally rewarding.
ISBN 9783422803015. Deutscher Kunstverlag. pb. 448 pages. 100 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
not yet published
“What do you do when your husband gets the best job in the country ina field that he stole from you? Well, that’s what happened to me, and that’s what this book is about.” So be- gins Marilyn Aronberg Lavin’s spirited memoir of her seventy-year relation- ship with Irving Lavin, one of Ameri- ca’s most eminent art historians. Her narrative traces their parallel careersas they both achieve remarkable suc- cess—he as a distinguished professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; she as an award-winning authority on Italian Renaissance paint- ing, iconography, and collectionism. Reflecting on their shared passion for the history of art, Marilyn has crafted a portrait of a partnership, while show- ing readers how the world of arthistory can be both intellectually rigorous and emotionally rewarding.
ISBN 9783422803015. Deutscher Kunstverlag. pb. 448 pages. 100 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.
not yet published