Saving Italy: the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis

When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May...

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1. Verfasser: Edsel, Robert M. 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Norton 2013
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes--artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt--embarked from Naples on the tresure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index
Beschreibung:XXII, 454 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 25 cm
ISBN:9780393082418

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