Nancy Moses
Autor de Lost in the Museum: Buried Treasures and the Stories They Tell
Sobre El Autor
Nancy Moses writes about cultural treasures from the perspectives of history, law and ethics. She is author of Stolen, Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures (2015) and the award-winning book, Lost in the Museum: Hidden Treasures and the Stories They Tell (2008). Her articles and op eds mostrar más have appeared in numerous national and local publications. Nancy Moses is Chair of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. A native of Pittsburgh and longtime Philadelphian, she holds a Bachelor's and Master's of Art from the George Washington University. She began her career as a Program Chief at the National Endowment for the Humanities and then went on to top management positions at WQED-Pillsburgh Public Broadcasting, the University of Pennsylvania, and the City of Philadelphia, where she was Executive Director of the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History. mostrar menos
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Stolen, Smuggled, Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural… por Nancy Moses
Skippable. Each of these case studies is told better elsewhere, and with fewer errors (typographical and otherwise). This publisher desperately needs better copy-editing processes.
Moses is a woman intimately familiar with museums and the world of art. In this book she explores the rather shadowy world of art, ownership by individuals and museums, and acquisitions of spectacularly famous and valuable items under sometimes questionable methods. The book is divided into eight separate chapters covering the discovery, ownership, disappearance, and efforts to return oft times historic, cultural and artistic icons to their rightful owners. Each chapter reads like a mystery involving facts, emotion, and real people (both honest and otherwise), ethics, detective work and questions about what is right and proper in the ultimate disposition of these often priceless artifacts. From Klimt’s famous painting, (featured in the recent motion picture "Woman in Gold") which was one of thousands stolen by Hitler, to a ceremonial Lakota Ghost Dance tunic, to the (possible) mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses I, and even a stolen recording of Babe Ruth’s voice from the National Archives, the reader is taken on fascinating journeys of who, what, when, and how these objects traveled through various “owners,” some legitimate and others not. If you like “who dun its” this is an engrossing read.
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- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 74
- Popularidad
- #238,154
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 8