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From the bestselling author of The Art of Forgery comes this dynamic narrative that tells the fascinating stories of artworks stolen, looted, or destroyed in war, accidentally demolished or discarded, lost at sea or in natural disasters, or attacked by iconoclasts or vandals; works that were intentionally temporal, knowingly destroyed by the artists themselves or their patrons, covered over with paint or plaster, or recycled for their materials. An exciting read that spans the centuries and the continents.

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From the bestselling author [...] Noah Charney... A dynamic narrative... Fascinating stories... Provides a stark reminder of the fragility of the world's treasures. --ArtsBeat

From the bestselling author [...] Noah Charney... A dynamic narrative... Fascinating stories... Provides a stark reminder of the fragility of the world's treasures. --ArtsBeat Noah Charney wrote bestseller The Art of Forgery. For his new book, he returns to the art underworld and looks at work that was stolen, looted or destroyed in war. Some pieces featured here were accidentally lost, others damaged in natural disasters, and others still destroyed because of the images they carried. Most remarkable of all are the masterpieces recycled for their materials. --CreativeBloq.com

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Noah Charney is an art historian and the founder and president of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA). He has published articles in magazines such as New York Times Magazine, Time, El Pais, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Elle and Tatler, and has appeared on radio and television for the BBC, ITV, NPR, CNBC and MSNBC. He is the author of Phaidon's bestselling The Art of Forgery (2015).

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