Saving Mona Lisa- EXPORT EDITION: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis
Autor Gerri Chanelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2018
As
the
Germans
neared
Paris
in
1940,
the
French
raced
to
move
the
masterpieces
still
further
south,
then
again
and
again
during
the
war,
crisscrossing
the
southwest
of
France.
Throughout
the
German
occupation,
the
museum
staff
fought
to
keep
the
priceless
treasures
out
of
the
hands
of
Hitler
and
his
henchmen,
often
risking
their
lives
to
protect
the
country's
artistic
heritage.
Saving
Mona
Lisa
is
the
sweeping,
suspenseful
narrative
of
their
struggle.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781785784453
ISBN-10: 1785784455
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 mm
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1785784455
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 mm
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Gerri
Chanel
is
a
prize-winning
freelance
journalist.
She
lived
in
France
for
five
years,
where
she
began
the
research
forSaving
Mona
Lisa.
She
now
divides
her
time
between
Paris
and
New
York.
Recenzii
‘Gerri
Chanel’s
account
of
how
France
preserved
its
art
from
both
the
destruction
of
war
and
the
pillaging
of
the
German
occupiers
reads
like
a
thriller’
'Fantastic ... At its best this is a story of the inhabitants of a humiliated country doing all in their power to preserve their nation's cultural heritage ... The black-and-white photographs in this book are worth of an art exhibition in themselves.'
'Chanel's history is a work of substance and scholarship that should be part of every art history collection and required reading for anyone who cares about Western civilization.'
'A brilliant piece of storytelling explaining how the masterpieces of the Louvre escaped Göring’s mantelpiece and Himmler’s walls ... This is a grippingly written and meticulously researched contribution to the history of the Second World War.'
'A compelling true account of the men and women who fought to save France's heritage and a fascinating story of art and intrigue.'
'This book tells a fascinating story.'
'Fantastic ... At its best this is a story of the inhabitants of a humiliated country doing all in their power to preserve their nation's cultural heritage ... The black-and-white photographs in this book are worth of an art exhibition in themselves.'
'Chanel's history is a work of substance and scholarship that should be part of every art history collection and required reading for anyone who cares about Western civilization.'
'A brilliant piece of storytelling explaining how the masterpieces of the Louvre escaped Göring’s mantelpiece and Himmler’s walls ... This is a grippingly written and meticulously researched contribution to the history of the Second World War.'
'A compelling true account of the men and women who fought to save France's heritage and a fascinating story of art and intrigue.'
'This book tells a fascinating story.'
Descriere
Thrilling
narrative
history
describing
how
France’s
museum
staff
protected
Leonardo
da
Vinci’s
Joconde
–
and
her
famous
smile
–
in
World
War
2