Protecting Our National Treasures
Author: Bruce E. Babbitt
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13:
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Defending National Treasures
Author: Elizabeth Karlsgodt
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011-04-07
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0804777829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefending National Treasures explores the fate of art and cultural heritage during the Nazi occupation of France. The French cultural patrimony was a crucial locus of power struggles between German and French leaders and among influential figures in each country. Karlsgodt examines the preservation policy that the Vichy regime enacted in an assertion of sovereignty over French art museums, historic monuments, and archeological sites. The limits to this sovereignty are apparent from German appropriations of public statues, Jewish-owned art collections, and key "Germanic" works of art from French museums. A final chapter traces the lasting impact of the French wartime reforms on preservation policy. In Defending National Treasures, Karlsgodt introduces the concept of patrimania to reveal examples of opportunism in art preservation. During the war, French officials sought to acquire coveted artwork from Jewish collections for the Louvre and other museums; in the early postwar years, they established a complicated guardianship over unclaimed art recovered from Germany. A cautionary tale for our own times, Defending National Treasures examines the ethical dimensions of museum acquisitions in the ongoing noble quest to preserve great works of art.
National Parks Our Living National Treasures
Author: Dr. Gil Lusk
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Published: 2019-04-20
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1642374989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe National Park Service, created in 1916 and now over one hundred years old, has become an immensely popular concept with visitation equal to the national population of the United States every year. Along the way, the Service has picked up a few issues and stresses that endanger the mission of the NPS. Its unique mission is to preserve and protect America's significant natural, cultural, and historical areas for future generations in an unencumbered condition. The areas that are America's Living National Treasures. Those issues need to be addressed to allow the National Park Service to uphold its mission and continue to protect our National Treasures for future generations. This book is dedicated to the identification of some of those issues and presents possible solutions, by capturing the author's experiences over his 35 year career, depicting what working for the Service entails and its challenges. Once the reader has a better feel for work of the National Park Service, there are specific sections dealing with the author's concerns for the future and the changes needed today to bring the Service back to its prime.
Mapping America's National Parks
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Publisher: Esri Press
Published: 2021-02-16
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781589485464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefending National Treasures
Author: Elizabeth Karlsgodt
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011-04-07
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 0804770182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNational Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology.
Enduring Treasures
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Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780792278641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSix of the Earth's most remarkable parks on six different continents showcased - from the dense rain forest of Manu National Park in Peru to the rich wildlife of South Africa's Kruger to the desert beauty of Jordan's Petra. Dramatic, informative, and breathtakingly beautiful, the journey through each of these parks explores an amazing corner of the globe.
Saving Mona Lisa
Author: Gerri Chanel
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 2018-09-13
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 178578417X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley as part of the biggest museum evacuation in history. As the Germans neared Paris in 1940, the French raced to move the masterpieces still further south, then again and again during the war, crisscrossing the southwest of France. Throughout the German occupation, the museum staff fought to keep the priceless treasures out of the hands of Hitler and his henchmen, often risking their lives to protect the country's artistic heritage. Saving Mona Lisa is the sweeping, suspenseful narrative of their struggle.
National Treasures of Georgia
Author: Ori Z. Soltes
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The introductory text of this book traces Georgia's long cultural history from its archaeological beginnings to the present. Twenty-three essays by scholars from all over the world give a vivid portrayal of Georgia's heritage in history, literature and manuscript production, archaeology and art throughout prehistoric, classical and Christian periods up to the Early Modern Era. Over 150 objects are presented and their range is vast: Neolithic ceramics, intricately worked Bronze and Iron Age gold and silver, Greek and Roman jewellery, richly illuminated manuscripts, medieval paintings, cloisonne enamel and gold repousse work, and embroidery are illustrated."--Jacket.
American Treasures
Author: Stephen Puleo
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1250065747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dramatic, never-before-told stories behind the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address: America's crown jewels that define its commitment to freedom.
Passport to Your National Parks
Author: Eastern National
Publisher:
Published: 2016-08-16
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781590911761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.
