Saving Italy : the race to rescue a nation's treasures from the Nazis
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Published
New York, : W.W. Norton & Company, c2014.
Format
Book
Status
Sequim - Nonfiction (Adult)
940.5345 EDSEL
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940.5345 EDSEL
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LC Subjects
Allied Forces. -- Supreme Headquarters. -- Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section.
Art thefts -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Hartt, Frederick.
Keller, Deane, -- 1901-1992.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
Art thefts -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Hartt, Frederick.
Keller, Deane, -- 1901-1992.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war.
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Published
New York, : W.W. Norton & Company, c2014.
Physical Desc
xxii, 454 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Printed in the United States of America.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-440) and index.
Description
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.