One Life for Two - by Marilyn Aronberg Lavin (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

"What do you do when your husband gets the best job in the country in a field that he stole from you? Well, that's what happened to me, and that's what this book is about." So begins Marilyn Aronberg Lavin's spirited memoir of her seventy-year relationship with Irving Lavin, one of America's most eminent art historians. Her narrative traces their parallel careers as they both achieve remarkable success--he as a distinguished professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; she as an award-winning authority on Italian Renaissance painting, iconography, and collectionism. Reflecting on their shared passion for the history of art, Marilyn has crafted a portrait of a partnership, while showing readers how the world of art history can be both intellectually rigorous and emotionally rewarding.

• intellectual history
• memoirs
• renaissance art and architecture

Review Quotes

"'One
Life for Two' is the story of how two from middle America--both born in St.
Louis of Jewish families, her grandparents and his parents emigrated from
eastern Europe--formed a deep bond and became renowned art historians. By
extension, it shows how not just intellectuals but the intellectual life of the
profession itself from the mid-twentieth century flourished." (The Brooklyn Rail)

About the Author

Marilyn Aronberg Lavin, is Emeritus Professor of Art History, Princeton University.

She lives in Princeton, NJ.
Marilyn Aronberg Lavin has taught the history of art at Washington University, the University of Maryland, Yale, Princeton, and Università di Roma, La Sapienza. Specializing in Italian 13th16th century painting, she is internationally known for her books and articles on Piero della Francesca.