Museum worthy : Nazi art plunder in postwar Western Europe / Elizabeth Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Elizabeth, 1970- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

Art thefts--Europe--History--20th century.

Art thefts.

World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.

Cultural property--Repatriation--Europe--History--20th century.

Cultural property.

Jewish property--Europe--History--20th century.

Jewish property.

Art treasures in war--Europe--History--20th century.

Art treasures in war.

Jews--Europe--Claims.

Jews.

World War, 1939-1945--Claims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 337 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Museum Worthy' examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.

Contents:

Introduction: Plunder and Patrimony

1. Nazi Art Plunder in Western Europe

2. Allied Victory and Art Recovery

3. Negotiating Cultural Restitution

4. Recovered Art as French Patrimony

5. National Heritage in the Netherlands

6. Restoring Belgian Artistic Heritage

7. Contested Patrimony

Conclusion: A New Age of Museum Ethics.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 4, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Karlsgodt, Elizabeth Campbell. Museum worthy.

ISBN:

0-19-005200-7

0-19-005201-5

0-19-005199-X

OCLC:

1411307483