The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II / Ilaria Dagnini Brey.
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009Description: 308 pages. : illustrations., maps ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: rdacarrierISBN: 9780374283094 ; 0374283095 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): 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| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Junior High School Library | F B75t 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBLJSHS001671 |
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.
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