Saving Mona Lisa - The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures During World War 2

Zusatztext 'This book tells a fascinating story.' Informationen zum Autor Gerri Chanel is a prize-winning freelance journalist. She lived in France for five years, where she began the research for Saving Mona Lisa . She now divides her time between Paris and New York. Klappentext The evacuation of art from the Louvre as the Germans neared Paris in 1940 began a journey of the "Mona Lisa" and others around France, conducted by museum staff to keep these treasures out of German hands. The story of this effort is given comprehensively and excitingly here, illustrated with 100 photographs. Zusammenfassung Thrilling narrative history describing how France’s museum staff protected Leonardo da Vinci’s Joconde – and her famous smile – in World War 2

Product details

• Authors: Gerri Chanel
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781785784163
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-416-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book; History, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ART / Business Aspects, Second World War, Social and cultural history, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, ART / Forgeries