The Venus Fixers : : the Untold Story of the Allied Soldiers who Saved Italy's art During World War II

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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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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: p. cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374283094
0374283095

SUBJECTS
Allied Forces. -- Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- Officials and employees.
Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- History -- Italy -- 20th century.