Brey, Ilaria Dagnini,
The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II / Ilaria Dagnini Brey. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009. - 308 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
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.
English
9780374283094 0374283095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008055446
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section --Officials and employees.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war--History--Italy--20th century.
Cultural property--Protection--History--Italy--20th century.
The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II / Ilaria Dagnini Brey. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009. - 308 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index.
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.
English
9780374283094 0374283095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008055446
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section --Officials and employees.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war--History--Italy--20th century.
Cultural property--Protection--History--Italy--20th century.