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Publisher: New York : H.N. Abrams [1951]
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Contains excellent notes on the 100 works shown in color.

Author: Leisa Collins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781792357770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Melissa Lester
Publisher: 83 Press
ISBN: 9780978548926
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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It may start with just one special piece that catches your eye and captures your heart, stirring an affection that quickly grows into an assemblage so dear, its sentimental value is beyond calculation. Whether it is a passion for exquisite linens, sterling silver, or fine English china--or simply the thrill of the hunt--that entices us to sift through old attics and antiques shops, estate sales, and European brocantes, we are kindred spirits, linked by an unbridled fervor for curating our favorite things.

Author: Konstantin Akinsha
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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"In what has been called one of the most important pieces of investigative journalism ever undertaken in the art world, Konstantin Akinsha and Grigorii Kozlov tell the story of how the Russians stole millions of art objects from European museums and private collectors in the final days of World War II and hid them away for fifty years. The Nazi confiscation of art from Jewish families and occupied countries has been well documented, but the story of what happened to the art after the Nazis were defeated in 1945 was virtually unknown until recently." "Secret "trophy brigades" were established early in 1945, with specific instructions from Stalin to remove art from Germany and ship it back to the USSR on special trains. This operation began while the fighting was still going on and was conducted at a frenzied pace for several months. It was the most prodigious transport operation of artworks in the history of mankind. Trophies were being removed from Germany as late as 1948." "Works by such masters as Botticelli, El Greco, Goya, Delacroix, Picasso, Velazquez, Matisse, Renoir, Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, and Degas made their way to the Soviet Union." "It was not until the late 1980s, when the Soviet Union began to dissolve, that it was possible to piece together this story. Akinsha and Kozlov were instrumental in revealing it to the West and in forcing Russian authorities to acknowledge the existence of the secret depositories. The Hermitage exhibited its collection of previously hidden Impressionist paintings early in 1995, but the Russians have been adamant in their refusal to return the stolen things, and the fate of the trophy art continues to be hotly debated."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: Gustav Stickley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 772

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An illustrated monthly magazine in the interest of better art, better work and a better more reasonable way of living.

Author: Stefano Bardini
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiqities
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 998

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ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857 (MANCHESTER)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Author: Albert Kostenovich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 498

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The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, holds one of the world's finest collections of French art from 1860 to 1950. Now, for the first time, art lovers can marvel at the full scope of the museum's magnificent holdings in this field, & read about how the collection was created.