Chasing Aphrodite: the hunt for looted antiquities at the world's richest museum
Etats-Unis (histoire), Arts et divertissement, Affaires et économie, Passe-temps et artisanat, Crime véritable , Politique et gouvernement, Archéologie
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Résumé
In 2005, the art world was rocked by scandal when news broke that the prestigious J. Paul Getty Museum had a long history of purchasing looted antiquities. Beginning in the 1960's with Getty's purchase of questionable European statues, this story… chronicles the rise of the world's richest museum, and documents how the museum's curators knowingly purchased stolen art until 2000, when a Rome magistrate sued for the return of Italian statues. California Book Award winner. Some strong language