Parution : Cathleen Hoeniger, « The Fate of Early Italian Art during World War Two. Protection, Rescue, Restoration », Turnhout, Brepols, 2024
In Italy, art historians can study wall-paintings, tombs, and stained-glass windows in the early churches for which they were created because they have been preserved in situ over the centuries. This book explores one fraught period of this critical preservation work, during the five years of World War II in Italy, when numerous artistic monuments of value were vulnerable to damage and destruction. Works of art from the late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance lie at...