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Geoffrey Scott and the Berenson Circle: Literary and Aesthetic Life in the Early 20th Century (Studies in British Literature)
Richard M. Dunn
Hardcover. Edwin Mellen Press 1998-06.
ISBN 9780773484887
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This is a biography of writer, architect, aesthete and editor Geoffrey
Scott (1884-1929). His "Architecture of Humanism" was considered the most
important statement about architecture since Ruskin, and was used as a basic
text in architectural schools for many years. The "Portrait of Zelide" won the
James Tait Memorial Black Prize. Scott was also a prominent figure in social
and intellectual circles in London, Florence and New York. A protege of Bernard
and Mary Berenson, he spent many years living and working at the art
historian's villa outside Florence. Married to the wealthy Lady Sybil Cutting during the war, Scott had a
tempestuous affair with Vita Sackille West. Edith Wharton, John Maynard Keynes,
and other Bloomsbury figures were among his friends. This biography focuses
particularly on his letters, found in Berenson's villa outside Florence, and
until now largely unpublished. This is a biography of writer, architect, aesthete and editor Geoffrey
Scott (1884-1929). His "Architecture of Humanism" was considered the most
important statement about architecture since Ruskin. It focuses particularly on
his letters, found in Berenson's villa outside Florence.
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