National Gallery in Wartime

Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Bosman is senior picture researcher at the National Gallery publications department. Klappentext A photographic record of the paintings' war, as they were evacuated first to Wales, then into Manod Quarry, a slate mine beneath 200 feet of rock. Zusammenfassung On Wednesday 23 August 1939! the National Gallery closed its doors to the public! not knowing when they would open again. The paintings were to be secretly evacuated in a relocation that took only eleven days. The last shipment left Trafalgar Square on 2 September! the day before war was declared. This book tells the story of the National Gallery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Setting the scene; The road to Wales; The Myra Hess concerts; Bombing raids hit London; The Manod mines; Temporary exhibitions; The Whitehall canteen; The paintings return 'home'.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Suzanne Bosman
• Edition: Yale University Press Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 16.09.2008
• EAN: 9781857094244
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-424-4
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 254 mm x 13 mm
• Thème: National Gallery London Publications
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Antiquités