Ravaged: Art and Culture in Times of Conflict

by Jo Tollebeek and Eline Van Assche

The year 2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and the beginning of the conflict that would become known as World War I. In addition to the devastating loss of human life, the Great War was also responsible for the destruction of historic buildings and monuments, the theft of precious artworks, and the burning of untold numbers of books. Ravaged uses this anniversary as a poignant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300204477
• ISBN13: 9780300204476
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Mercatorfonds
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.3" x 11.3"