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Dark Water:art, Disaster, and Redemption In Florence
[Paperback - 2009]
robert clark
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Category: Art
Sub-category: Art History
Additional Category: European History - Nature
Publisher: Anchor | ISBN: 9780767926492 | Pages: 368
Shipping Weight: .323 | Dimensions: 5.26 x .75 x 7.98 inches

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Birthplace of Michelangelo and home to untold masterpieces, Florence is a city for art lovers. But on November 4, 1966, the rising waters of the Arno threatened to erase over seven centuries of history and human achievement.

Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city’s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses. Two American artists wade through the devastated beauty; a photographer stows away on an army helicopter to witness the tragedy first-hand; a British “mud angel” spends a month scraping mold from the world’s masterpieces; and, through it all, an author asks why art matters so very much to us, even in the face of overwhelming disaster.

About the Author

Robert Clark is a novelist and writer of nonfiction. He received the Edgar Award for his novelMr. White's Confessionin 1999. A native of St. Paul, Minneapolis, he lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.Clark's books touch on several genres but often return to questions centered in God: "Is there a God? Does he love us? Is he even paying attention?"Robert^^^Clark

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