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Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis
- Title
- Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
- Author
- Edsel, Robert M.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
- ©2013
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Details
- Description
- xxii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 21 cm
- Summary
- 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 treasure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli.
- Uniform Title
- Norton paperback.
- Subject
- Hartt, Frederick
- Keller, Deane, 1901-1992
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section > History
- Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section
- World War (1939-1945)
- 1900-1999
- Art treasures in war > Italy > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Art and the war
- Art thefts > Italy > History > 20th century
- Cultural property > Protection > History > Italy > 20th century
- Art thefts
- Art treasures in war
- Cultural property > Protection
- Italy
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Section I. Inception. Changing of the guard -- A new type of soldier -- "Bombs and words" -- The experiment begins -- Growing pains -- A new order -- A troubled bunch -- Gifts -- Section II. Struggle. The first test -- Close call -- Refuge -- Life on the road -- Treasure hunt -- Surprises -- Guardian angels -- "Little saints, help us" -- "The most beautiful cemetery in the world' -- Whereabouts unknown -- Resurrection -- Christmas wishes -- Section III. Victory. Trouble in the ranks -- Switching sides -- Operation sunrise -- Complications -- Surrender -- The race -- The big move -- Section IV. Aftermath. Perspective -- The heroes and their legacy -- Acknowledgements -- Have you seen these works of art? -- Monuments men and women serving in the Mediterranean theater.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-1630
- ISBN
- 9780393348804
- 0393348806
- 9780393082418 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 875354298
- Author
- Edsel, Robert M., author.
- Title
- Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis / Robert M. Edsel.
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Norton paperback.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- LCCN
- 2013010708
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-1630