Saving Mona Lisa : The Battle to Protect the Louvre and Its Treasures During World War II

from bks1953

Having previously read Carolina Hicks' wonderful biography of the Bayeux Tapestry, I had a casual familiarity with the story of the relocation of the French art treasures prior to (and during) World War II. Geri Chanel's "Saving Mona Lisa" is about how Western art's most famous painting -- and it...

from IsolaBlue

SAVING MONA LISA is a well-researched labor of love. Gerri Chanel makes her readers think about World War II in ways other than usual. Most are used to reading of concentration camps, gassings, starvation, bombings, and all the other tragedies caused by the war. Chanel introduces another subject ...

from lindapanzo

I had mixed feelings about this book. I love reading about art history and also about World War 2 so I expected to love this book about the efforts to evacuate and hide the Mona Lisa and other Louvre treasures to protect them from Nazi attack. I admire how much effort the author put into the book...

from CatsandCherryPie

I received this book through LTER. Having read "The Monuments Men", I thought this would be a recap of some of the information. However, this was a book I couldn't put down once I started to read it. The history of how the Mona Lisa came to France as well as the issues with artwork during WWI wer...

from mrmapcase

This is a wonderful look at what a variety of priceless art works went through during a turbulent time. It was just amazing to read about the movements and battles surrounding the curators, and having to deal with the Nazis. After a certain point I was wondering if the German officials had other ...