Background
Calo, Mary Ann was born on October 16, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Peter L. and Mary R. (Baldwin) Vinciguerra.
(While Bernard Berenson's roles a connoisseur, Renaissance...)
While Bernard Berenson's roles a connoisseur, Renaissance art expert, defender of Western culture, and arbiter of taste extraordinaire are well known, his role as critic and theorist of modern art has until now been little understood. Mary Ann Calo's new intellectual biography is the first study to place Berenson's career in the context of modernist art and criticism. The unequivocal hostility towards modern art Berenson expressed late in life does not adequately represent his views, Calo argues. Tracing his writings over half a century, she examines his transition from an innovative modern critic to a reactionary conservative who used his influence to discredit twentieth-century art and to preserve the notion of culture as aristocratic privilege. Calo point out how Berenson's increasing social, political, and aesthetic conservatism belies his youthful interest in modern art. Her focus on the development of Berenson's aesthetic principles and intellectual life demonstrates that his theory of art anticipated, and perhaps made possible the modernist art he loathed.
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Calo, Mary Ann was born on October 16, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Peter L. and Mary R. (Baldwin) Vinciguerra.
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Denison University, 1971. Master of Science in Information Studies, Syracuse University, 1975. Master of Arts in History of Art, Syracuse University, 1981.
Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities, Syracuse University, 1991.
Curator, registrar Syracuse (New York ) University Art College, 1974-1977. Art library Everson Museum Art, Syracuse, 1977-1978. Associate professor art history Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, since 1991.
(While Bernard Berenson's roles a connoisseur, Renaissance...)
(Berenson's legacy to modern art is revealed through his w...)
Member AUW, American Studies Association, College Art Association.
Married Michael J. Calo, August 19, 1972. Children: M. Ryan, Nina M.