Great Art Thefts

Great Art Thefts

by Charlotte Guillain
Great Art Thefts

Great Art Thefts

by Charlotte Guillain

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Overview

'Great Art Thefts' examines famous art crimes and the hunt to find the thieves. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Great Art Thefts' offers a crosscurricular mix of science & technology and history, with a fun, dramatic approach. Art thefts covered in the book include the Mona Lisa, the Scream, the Millennium theft from the Ashmolean Museum, and the greatest ever single art theft: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. The book also looks at the motives for these crimes, and the measures that can be taken to protect valuable works of art from unscrupulous criminals.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781410949585
Publisher: Capstone
Publication date: 01/01/2013
Series: Treasure Hunters
Pages: 48
Sales rank: 571,724
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile: 1020L (what's this?)
Age Range: 10 - 13 Years

About the Author

Charlotte Guillain worked as a bookseller, an English teacher and an editor before becoming an author. She has written more than 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction. She always wanted to be a writer and her top tip is to read as much as you can.

Table of Contents

Contents Valuable but vulnerable 4 Missing Mona Lisa 8 Boston burglary 16 Stealing The Scream 26 New Year's theft 34 Protecting art 42 Timeline 44 Glossary 45 Find out more 46 Index 48

Interviews

History and archaeology are explored from the exiting angle of treasure hunters and the wonders they have found. Case studies unearth the secrets of ancient buried treasures and look at who might have hidden them and why. Short text boxes are accompanied by an array of photographs, and a full spread illustration in each book takes a closer look at a fascinating find. Their small format makes books in the Treasure Hunters series perfect to stuff into your backpack and to read on the go.

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