One Life for Two: The Autobiography of Irving and Marilyn Lavin

"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

Author: Marilyn Aronberg Lavin
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag
Published: 12/10/2025
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.94lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.61w x 1.26d
ISBN: 9783422803015