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Brey, Ilaria Dagnini, 1955-
Subjects
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- Officials and employees.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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Brey, Ilaria Dagnini, 1955-
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- Officials and employees.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
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The Venus fixers : the untold story of the
allied
soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II / Ilaria Dagnini Brey.
by
Brey, Ilaria Dagnini, 1955-
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009.
Call #:
940.5412 B848v
Subjects
Allied
Forces
.
Supreme
Headquarters
.
Monuments
,
Fine
Arts
and
Archives
Section
--
Officials
and
employees
.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war
--
Italy
--
History
--
20th century.
Cultural property
--
Protection
--
Italy
--
History
--
20th century.
ISBN:
9780374283094 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374283095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
x, 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
Contents:
Italian art goes to war
--
Men must manoeuvre
--
Sicilian prelude
--
The birth of the Venus fixers
--
The conflict of the present and the past
--
Treasure hunt
--
Florence divided
--
A time to rend, a time to sew
--
The duellists
--
Epilogue: a necessary dream.
Summary:
A spellbinding account of the special corps of officers who preserved the masterworks of European art from destruction while World War II raged.
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Adult Nonfiction
940.5412 B848v
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