Steven Godin’s Reviews > The Venus Fixers: The Remarkable Story of the Allied Monuments Officers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II > Status Update
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As late as 1942, Giovanni Poggi, who had committed those hundreds of artworks to their protection, could not have imagined that that quiet corner of Tuscany could be turned into a theater of the bloodiest of wars: the gentle rhythm of its valleys, rolling hills, and winding roads shattered by artillery fire, the dancing geometry of olive groves and vineyards crushed by the passage of tanks
— May 30, 2021 04:44AM
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Steven Godin
is on page 110 of 336
As late as 1942, Giovanni Poggi, who had committed those hundreds of artworks to their protection, could not have imagined that that quiet corner of Tuscany could be turned into a theater of the bloodiest of wars: the gentle rhythm of its valleys, rolling hills, and winding roads shattered by artillery fire, the dancing geometry of olive groves and vineyards crushed by the passage of tanks
— May 30, 2021 04:41AM
