Plunder - Cynthia Saltzman

One of The Christian Science Monitor's Ten Best Books of May"A highly original work of history . . . [Saltzman] has written a distinctive study that transcends both art and history and forces us to explore the connections between the two.” —Roger Lowenstein, The Wall Street JournalA captivatingstudy of NapoleonÂ’s plundering of EuropeÂ’s art for the Louvre, told through the story of a Renaissance masterpiece seized from VeniceCynthia SaltzmanÂ’s Plunder recounts the fate of Paolo VeroneseÂ’s Wedding... Zobrazit více