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X-WR-CALDESC:In 1943\, while the world was convulsed by war\, a few visiona
 ries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect 
 Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II
 . In the midst of the conflict\, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments
  officers―a motley group of art historians\, curators\, architects\, and a
 rtists―to ensure that the great masterworks of European art and architectu
 re were not looted or bombed into oblivion. The journalist Ilaria Dagnini 
 Brey focuses her spellbinding account on the monuments officers of Italy\,
  quickly dubbed 'the Venus Fixers' by bemused troops.\n\nWorking on the fr
 ont lines in conditions of great deprivation and danger\, these unlikely s
 oldiers stripped the great galleries of their incomparable holdings and se
 nt them into safety by any means they could. They worked with skeptical ar
 my strategists to make sure air raids didn't take out the heart of an anci
 ent city\, and patched up Renaissance palazzi and ancient churches whose l
 ead roofs were sometimes melted away by the savagery of the attacks. Somet
 imes they failed. But to an astonishing degree\, they succeeded\, and anyo
 ne who marvels at Italy's artistic riches today is witnessing their handiw
 ork.\n\nIn the course of her research\, Brey gained unprecedented access t
 o private archives and primary sources\, and the result is a book at once 
 thorough and grandly entertaining―a revelatory take on a little-known chap
 ter of World War II history. The Venus Fixers is an adventure story with t
 he gorgeous tints of a Botticelli landscape as its backdrop.
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DESCRIPTION:In 1943\, while the world was convulsed by war\, a few visionar
 ies -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect E
 urope's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II.
  In the midst of the conflict\, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments 
 officers―a motley group of art historians\, curators\, architects\, and ar
 tists―to ensure that the great masterworks of European art and architectur
 e were not looted or bombed into oblivion. The journalist Ilaria Dagnini B
 rey focuses her spellbinding account on the monuments officers of Italy\, 
 quickly dubbed 'the Venus Fixers' by bemused troops.\n\nWorking on the fro
 nt lines in conditions of great deprivation and danger\, these unlikely so
 ldiers stripped the great galleries of their incomparable holdings and sen
 t them into safety by any means they could. They worked with skeptical arm
 y strategists to make sure air raids didn't take out the heart of an ancie
 nt city\, and patched up Renaissance palazzi and ancient churches whose le
 ad roofs were sometimes melted away by the savagery of the attacks. Someti
 mes they failed. But to an astonishing degree\, they succeeded\, and anyon
 e who marvels at Italy's artistic riches today is witnessing their handiwo
 rk.\n\nIn the course of her research\, Brey gained unprecedented access to
  private archives and primary sources\, and the result is a book at once t
 horough and grandly entertaining―a revelatory take on a little-known chapt
 er of World War II history. The Venus Fixers is an adventure story with th
 e gorgeous tints of a Botticelli landscape as its backdrop.
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SUMMARY:True Story Book Club: The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the
  Allied Monuments Officers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II by Il
 aria Dagnini Brey
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