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    Great Art Thefts
    Great Art Thefts
    Great Art Thefts
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    Great Art Thefts

    By Charlotte Guillain

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    '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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJul 1, 2014
    ISBN9781410969248
    Great Art Thefts
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    Charlotte Guillain

    Charlotte Guillain has worked in children's publishing for over a decade and now writes non-fiction for children in Foundation and Key Stage 1. She has written on a range of subjects, including outer space, the environment and teeth! She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two young children.

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      Book preview

      Great Art Thefts - Charlotte Guillain

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      CONTENTS

      Valuable but Vulnerable

      Missing Mona Lisa

      Boston Burglary

      Stealing The Scream

      New Year’s Theft

      Where Do the Paintings Go?

      Protecting Art

      Timeline

      Glossary

      Find Out More

      Index

      VALUABLE BUT VULNERABLE

      Have you ever visited a museum or gallery to see a famous work of art? Or maybe you have heard of paintings such as the Mona Lisa, which are known around the world? What makes these paintings so special?

      Many famous artists did not make much money when they were alive. But sometimes certain painters’ or sculptors’ work can become very well known and valuable. Museums and collectors will pay millions of dollars for a single work of art.

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      Most museums and galleries hire security guards to protect the works of art.

      LOOK, BUT DON’T TOUCH!

      How can galleries protect pictures hanging on the wall?

      Guards often stand near valuable art.

      Security cameras and alarms alert museums if a robbery is taking place.

      The frames around paintings can be bolted to the wall so they are hard to remove.

      But even with these security measures, a painting can be easy to steal! It is right in front of the thief. Paintings don’t weigh much once they have been cut out of a frame, so they are easy to transport and hide.

      Large, heavy works of art, such as sculptures, can be stolen, too. In 2011, a bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth worth $800,000 was stolen from a park in London, England. Police think the thieves wanted to melt it down and sell the metal.

      In 1991, armed thieves stole 20 paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Nobody knew who the robbers were or why they stole the paintings. But the biggest mystery was why they left all of the stolen artwork behind in an abandoned car!

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      WHY STEAL ART?

      Obviously, many thieves steal art

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