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ALLIED BOMBING OF CENTRAL ITALY : the restoration of the nile mosaic and sanctuary of fortuna at... palestrina.
Penn Museum Library NA3770 .T49 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- FAVA THOMAS, TERESA.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Second World War history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temple of Fortuna Primigenia (Palestrina, Italy).
- Nile mosaic (Palestrina).
- Art treasures in war--Italy--Palestrina--History--20th century.
- Art treasures in war.
- World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Art--Conservation and restoration--Italy--Palestrina--History--20th century.
- Art.
- Postwar reconstruction--Italy--Palestrina--History--20th century.
- Postwar reconstruction.
- Art--Conservation and restoration.
- Italy--Palestrina.
- Genre:
- Art.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic. It explores the history and cultural significance of Palestrina, its strategic setting, the recovery of the town, the restoration of the Nile Mosaic, which remains the largest Egyptian-style mosaic extant. A unique aspect of the destruction was that it uncovered a pagan temple, the Sanctuary of Fortuna. The bombing destroyed the homes built on its terraces but revealed the ancient structure buried beneath which had remained unseen for half a millennium. It took more than a decade for the mosaic to be restored and the Sanctuary of Fortuna established as a national archeological museum. The book explores the pressure by the Mussolini regime to control the Barberini family's art collection, the uses of cultural materials for propaganda purposes, the Allied use of airpower in the Italian theater of war, the postwar decision-making and recovery process. The book is one of the very few long-range studies of the war's impact on a single Italian town. It is suitable for academic seminars and an educated general audience"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781032494180
- 1032494182
- OCLC:
- 1373336259
- Publisher Number:
- 99995181945
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