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Author/Artist Brey, Ilaria Dagnini, 1955-
Title The Venus fixers : the remarkable story of the Allied soldiers who saved Italy's art during World War II / Ilaria Dagnini Brey.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher/Date New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Description 308 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Location Call Number Vol./Copy Status Information
 Frick Book Stacks  N6911 .B74 2009    AVAILABLE
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ( p. [283]-287) and index.
Contents 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 duelists -- Epilogue: a necessary dream.
LC subject Art, Italian.
Art treasures in war -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Italy -- History -- 20th century.
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section -- Officials and employees.
ISBN 9780374283094 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0374283095 (hardcover : alk. paper)
WorldCat no. 263984526

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