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Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas Carr Howe, Steve W. Chadde (Introduction by)Publish date:2020-02-15Pages:270
Language:EnglishPublisher:Orchard InnovationsISBN-13:9781951682255ISBN-10:1951682254UPC:9781951682255Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8QS9MSAW

Salt Mines and Castles, originally published in 1946, is a first-hand account of the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of U.S. Forces, European Theatre (MFA&A), immediately following the end of World War II in 1945. Often simply referred to as the "Monuments Men," this group of unlikely soldiers included art curators, scholars, architects, librarians, and archivists from the U.S. and Great Britain. Their war-time mission was to identify and protect European cultural sites, monuments, and buildings from Allied bombing. After the war, and the focus of this book, their mission was the challenging effort to locate and recover works of art that had been looted by the Nazis. Uncovered were thousands of pieces of art--including priceless paintings by Leonardo DaVinci and Johannes Vermeer, sculptures by Michelangelo, and the Rothschild jewels--hidden across Germany and Austria in underground mines, castles, churches and monasteries. Following the recovery of the art, the no less daunting task of inventorying the thousands of items, identification of the owners, restoration of damaged works, and transporting delicate canvases and sculptures to their home countries began. Included in this edition is a new Introduction by Steve W. Chadde and twenty-four pages of photographs illustrating the collection of art by Nazi leaders, plus the recovery of looted pieces by the Allies.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Orchard InnovationsISBN-13:9781951682255ISBN-10:1951682254UPC:9781951682255Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC8QS9MSAW
Publisher: Orchard Innovations

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