Like an American heiress in a tale by Henry James, Iris Origo (1902-1988) was born into a world of "unfair advantages of education, money, environment, and opportunity." She used her birthright wisely, travel- ing the world, studying art with Berenson, and, with her Italian husband, improving the land and the lot of peas- ants in the Val d'Orcia of Tuscany. She tells her life story in Images & Shadows, and the result is "a small classic... Origo re-creates the lost mad world of Bernard Beren- son and his Anglo-American ...
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Like an American heiress in a tale by Henry James, Iris Origo (1902-1988) was born into a world of "unfair advantages of education, money, environment, and opportunity." She used her birthright wisely, travel- ing the world, studying art with Berenson, and, with her Italian husband, improving the land and the lot of peas- ants in the Val d'Orcia of Tuscany. She tells her life story in Images & Shadows, and the result is "a small classic... Origo re-creates the lost mad world of Bernard Beren- son and his Anglo-American artistic coterie in Florence. She is also marvelous at nuances of place and personal- ity, writing with a subtle mingling of candor and affection that lingers in the mind" (Fiona MacCarthy).
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