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  | | The Museum of Lost Art(1st Edition) by Noah Charney Dr Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2018 by Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-7584-2, ISBN: 0-7148-7584-8 "True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recovery 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 ..." |
 | | The Art Thief(Reprint) A Novel by Noah Charney Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2008 by Washington Square Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5031-0, ISBN: 1-4165-5031-3 "Rome: In the small Baroque church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night. Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, curator Geneviéve Delacloche is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society's greatest treasure, White-on-White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich. London: At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum's latest acquisiti ..." |
 | | Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates(1st Edition) A Guide to North American Species by Charley Eiseman, Noah Charney, John Carlson Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 2010 by Stackpole Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-3624-4, ISBN: 0-8117-3624-5 "2012 Choice Magazine academic book award winner (zoology) Beetles, spiders, ants, flies, butterflies, mayflies, dragonflies, earwigs, crickets, grasshoppers, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, snails, earthworms, lacewings, wasps, damselflies, slugs, and alderflies The first-ever reference to the sign left by insects and other North American invertebrates includes descriptions and almost 1,000 color photos of tracks, egg cases, nests ..." |
 | | The Collector of Lives(1st Edition) Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art by Ingrid D. Rowland, Noah Charney Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24131-0, ISBN: 0-393-24131-9 "In the tradition of The Swerve and How to Live, this vivid biography reveals how a Renaissance scholar reshaped the visual world.Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) was a man of many talents―a sculptor, painter, architect, writer, and scholar―but he is best known for Lives of the Artists, the classic account that singlehandedly invented the genre of artistic biography and established the canon of Italian Renaissance art. Before Vasari’s extraord ..." |
 | | The Art Thief(1st Edition) A Novel by Noah Charney, Arthur Hailey Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by Atria ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5030-3, ISBN: 1-4165-5030-5 "Rome: In the small Baroque church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night. Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, curator Geneviéve Delacloche is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society's greatest treasure, White-on-White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich. London: At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum's latest acquisiti ..." |
 | | These Trees Tell a Story The Art of Reading Landscapes by Noah Charney Paperback, 431 Pages, Published 2023 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23089-5, ISBN: 0-300-23089-3 "A deeply personal master class on how to read a natural landscape and unravel the clues to its unique ecological history Structured as a series of interactive field walks through ten New England ecosystems, this book challenges readers to ..." |
 | | Stealing the Mystic Lamb(1st Edition) The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece by Noah Charney Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-800-0, ISBN: 1-58648-800-7 "Jan van Eyckâs Ghent Altarpiece is on any art historianâs list of the ten most important paintings ever made. Often referred to by the subject of its central panel, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, it represents the fulcrum between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It is also the most frequently stolen artwork of all time.Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been looted in three different wars, burned ..." |
 | | Art and Crime Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World by Noah Charney, John Stubbs, Ah Charney Hardcover, 261 Pages, Published 2009 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36635-2, ISBN: 0-313-36635-7 "Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-time theft, war looting, archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom. The contributors offer insightful analyses coupled ..." |
 | | The Thefts of the Mona Lisa On Stealing the World's Most Famous Painting by Noah Charney, Dr. Derek Fincham, Urska Charney Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2011 by Arca ISBN-13: 978-0-615-51902-9, ISBN: 0-615-51902-4 "Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait, called the Mona Lisa, is without doubt the world’s most famous painting. It achieved its fame not only because it is a remarkable example of Renaissance portraiture, created by an acclaimed artistic and scientific genius, but because of its criminal history. The Mona Lisa (also called La Gioconda or La Joconde) was stolen on 21 August 1911 by an Italian, Vincenzo Peruggia. Peruggia was under the mistaken ..." |
 | | Bad Blood(1st Edition) Rivalry and Art History by Clayton Schuster, Noah Charney, Sartle Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2019 by Schiffer ISBN-13: 978-0-7643-5730-5, ISBN: 0-7643-5730-1 "Why is there so much bad blood involved in the stories of artists and their artworks? Immerse yourself in 18 infamous artistic rivalries, dramatized with gripping moments of narrative, to understand how the rivalries that art fans love to gossip about serve a larger purpose in the way cultures approach the idea of art and the artist. Why did Michelangelo loathe Raphael for decades after the latter had died? How did Pablo Picasso and Hen ..." |
 | | Stripped of My Time A Survivor of the Communist Political Prison on Goli Otok by Radovan Hrast, Noah Charney Paperback, 241 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-72383-002-0, ISBN: 1-72383-002-X "Located just off the Dalmatian coast, Goli Otok, “Bald Island,” was considered the harshest prison environment for Yugoslavs who were not toeing the line. It was almost exclusively for citizens, and it was home to a bizarre but calculated Kafka-esque series of rituals designed to make the fellow prisoners act as jailers, torturers and intimidators of their fellow inmates. There, prisoners were given no time to rest, no time to think, an ..." |
 | | Gold Wine Rebula, the Liquid Gold That Links Slovenia and Italy by Noah Charney Hardcover, Published 2022 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-6651-2, ISBN: 1-5381-6651-8 |
 | | The Journal of Art Crime Spring 2019 by Noah Charney, Christos Tsirogiannis, Marc Balcells, Nancy Moses, Eli J. Szydlo, Marta Suarez-Mansilla, Paul Denton, John Kleberg, Alice Aplin, Sneha Shah Paperback, 141 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-07-644935-1, ISBN: 1-07-644935-2 "The Journal of Art Crime, published by ARCA, is the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the study of art crime. This biannual publication welcomes interdisciplinary articles from both academics and professionals, related to art crime, its history, and its repercussions. Relevant fields include criminology, law, art history, history, sociology, policing, security, archaeology, and conservation." |
 | | The Journal of Art Crime Fall 2019 by Christos Tsirogiannis, Marc Balcells, Noah Charney, David Gill, Rod Thomas, Nancy Moses, Edgar Tijhuis, Michaela Small, Rebecca Jelbert, Stephen Fishler Paperback, 129 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-67470-518-7, ISBN: 1-67470-518-2 "The Journal of Art Crime, published by ARCA, is the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the study of art crime. This biannual publication welcomes interdisciplinary articles from both academics and professionals, related to art crime, its history, and its repercussions. Relevant fields include criminology, law, art history, history, sociology, policing, security, archaeology, and conservation." |
 | | The Collector of Lives Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art by Noah Charney, Ingrid Rowland 400 Pages, Published 2017 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-24839-5, ISBN: 0-393-24839-9 "Giotto's O also serves a higher literary purpose: it represents a triumph of ingegno, wit, over manual skill. ... The idea that only the wise and worldly will “get ” Giotto's art did not begin with Vasari. ... to some extent, heightens the general idea that art is “only for the elite,” though this is also a notion that the art world seems to enjoy cultivating. ... Ancient Roman authors like Pliny the Elder regarded Apelles, the cour ..." |
 | | Art Crime Terrorists, Tomb Raiders, Forgers and Thieves by Noah Charney 364 Pages, Published 2016 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-40757-3, ISBN: 1-137-40757-3 "I am grateful to the journalist Mr Nikolas Zirganos for providing me access to the Medici and Symes-Michaelides archives, and to the Greek police Art Squad for accessing their entire archive. Christie's (8 June 2012a). Antiquities (New York: Christie's). Jean-Louis Zimmermann. Collection de la Fondation Thétis. (Geneva: Editions du Tricorne 1987), pp. 37–38, no. 72. Zimmermann, 1987, p. 113. Ibid., pp. 37–38. Ibid., p. 37. Ibid., p ..." |
 | | The Fate of the Masterpiece How the Monuments Men Rescued the Mystic Lamb from the Nazis by Noah Charney 144 Pages, Published 2014 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-489-5, ISBN: 1-61039-489-5 "Kunst und Kunstgewerbe am Ende des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts von Wilhelm Bode. Berlin: Bruno & Paul Cassirer, 1901; Whitefish, MT: Kessinger, 2010. Brey, Ilaria Dagnini. The Venus Fixers: The Untold Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. Chamberlain, Russell. Loot! The Heritage of Plunder. London: Facts on File, 1983. De Jaeger, Charles. The Linz File: Hitle ..." |
 | | The Art Thief by Noah Charney Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4332-4135-2, ISBN: 1-4332-4135-8 |
 | | Stealing the Mystic Lamb The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece by Noah Charney Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1-4526-7033-1, ISBN: 1-4526-7033-1 |
 | | Stealing the Mystic Lamb by Noah Charney Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-282-78906-7, ISBN: 1-282-78906-6 |
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