XXX. Germany and the Stelloni d’Italia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Prologue 1
7. I. The Missionaries’ Return 5
8. II. A Man of the World 13
9. III. Throes of the North Italians 23
10. IV. Pathway to Dwveen 31
11. V. The “Fourth Gospel” 41
12. VI. A Home in Exile 49
13. VII. Matisse and the Highroad of Art 59
14. VIII. America the Plutocratic 69
15. IX. The Pursuit of Life Enhancement 80
16. X. The Red Robe 88
17. XI. The Ixion Wheel of Business 99
18. XII. Idyll with Belle da Costa Greene 109
19. XIII. A Marital Truce 119
20. ΧIV. “The Flavor of Dust and Ashes” 127
21. XV. The “Merchants” and the “Expert” 139
22. ΧVI. Last Season of the Belle Epoque 152
23. XVII. America Revisited 167
24. XVIII. The Darkening of Europe 177
25. XIX. A Time for Writing 191
26. XX. Paris in Wartime 202
27. XXI. Venetians Restudied and Leonardo Dethroned 212
28. XXII. From Art Expert to Military Adviser 219
29. XXIII. Domestic Crisis 229
30. XXIV. “The Dragon’s Eggs” 239
31. XXV. Spoils of War and Art 249
32. XXVI. An “American Bacchus” 260
33. XXVII. An Island of Relative Solitude 268
34. XXVIII. Suspect in the Tromised Land 280
35. XXX. Germany and the Stelloni d’Italia 301
36. XXXI. The Case of La Belle Ferronière 311
37. XXXII. The Archaeology of Art 321
38. XXXIII. On the Way toTruth 331
39. XXXIV. The “Two Sposini” 339
40. XXXV. The End of Profit Sharing 352
41. XXXVI. Afloat on a Golden Flood 362
42. XXXVII. “Prince of Art Critics” 374
43. XXXVIII. A New Disciple 384
44. XXXIX. The “Book of Revelation” 395
45. XL. The Role of Art History 401
46. XLI. Life in “Mussolinia” 411
47. XLII. The Allendale Nativity 428
48. XLIII. The Drawings Revisited 440
49. XLIV. Toward the Abyss 451
50. XLV. Travels into Self 465
51. XLVI. The Peace of Le Fontanelle 478
52. XLVII. Patriarch of Florence 491
53. XLVIII. At Home in the House of Life 503
54. XLIΧ. Paradoxical Talmudist 516
55. L. Master of the Inn 526
56. LI. Garnering the Past 539
57. LII. “The Last Aesthete” 550
58. LIII. Doctor of Letters and Philosophy 560
59. LIV. Toward a “Humanistic Priesthood” 571
60. LV. “A Scene from Rembrandt” 581
61. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
62. Selected bibliography 597
63. Notes 611
64. Index 661