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Bezig met laden... Beautiful Loot:: The Soviet Plunder of Europe's Art Treasures (editie 1995)door akinsha Konstantin
Informatie over het werkBeautiful Loot: The Soviet Plunder of Europe's Art Treasures door Konstantin Akinsha
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![]() Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ![]() ![]() Of a piece with a number of other books on the art looting that took place in 1940s Europe, though this one focuses on the activities of Russia; needless to say, Russia does not come off well at all, given the record of destruction (including by people who should have known better), looting, hiding the looting, and dubious decisions (like keeping art from nations other than Axis powers, and art owned by private individuals). Written, it should be noted, by Russian art historians. Recommended. Sadly difficult to get hold of now, but for anyone reading [b:The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History|6514074|The Monuments Men Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History|Robert M. Edsel|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1344270659s/6514074.jpg|6705842] here's what happened on the Soviet side, where special teams collected art as "trophies" for exhibition in Soviet museums. A fascinating story, written by Russian authors, of the Soviet organized administration to loot German territories of selected fine arts, gold objects, and a whole loot of other stuff. For years, the USSR kept the details of this organized looting a secret and is still reluncant to discuss it. The Schliemann gold objects are still being kept in Russia geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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![]() GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)709.43The arts Modified subdivisions of the arts History, geographic treatment, biography Europe Germany & Central EuropeLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:![]()
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