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Gangemi editore, Roma [Published Date: 2014]. Soft cover, 47 pp. Text in English. Catalog of an itinerant exhibition held at the National World War I Museum, Kansas City, United States, 2014-2015, and at the Woodrow Wilson House, Washington, United States, 2015.Black and white illustrations and photo reproductions throughout, with a few in color.
In very good condition. Black and white pictorial paper covers with French flaps have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. "Extract from next catalog for American exhibition" sticker on front cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From introduction] War and Art: The Preservation of Italian Treasures is the result of a joint effort by the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., the Museo Centrale del Risorgimento in Rome, the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, and the Woodrow Wilson House in Washington, D.C.. All joined forces to ensure that the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War is not forgotten. On July 27, 2014 the Embassy of Italy remembered the last day of peace before the tragedy of WWI with a touching ceremony. At Arlington National Cemetery, a trumpeter played the moving notes of our "The Silence" - our equivalent of "Taps" in the US, and traditionally performed when bidding farewell to the fallen - while musicians in other cities throughout the world simultaneously did the same.