How The Mona Lisa Survived The Second World War
Is there a painting that’s more internationally known than the Mona Lisa? It had been stolen several times in the past, but it was in the Louver during the Second World War. Jacques Jaujard, the director of France’s National Museums, developed a plan to keep it safe from the Nazis. On 25 August 1939, when the Soviet Union and Germany announced the Non-Aggression Pact, the “Museum for Repairs” was closed for three days. The staff took down all the paintings, the statues moved, and the works of art were left in wooden crates. Using red dots to imply the significance of the pieces, these containers were labeled. After that, hundreds of trucks brought the Loire Valley thousands of artifacts and crates to secure them.
How The Mona Lisa Survived The Second World War
Carl Akeley And The Leopard That Attacked Him
Taxidermy is a pretty neat occupation on its own if you ask us. Even cooler than most is Carl Akeley! During his African safaris, the jack of all trades lived through many encounters with wild animals. He very seriously took his job. Not only did he stuff the skins with whatever it was he had on hand. Instead, to ensure the final products would look lifelike, he studied their bodies. He struggled with a leopard in 1896 when he was hunting for ostriches in Somaliland. It was a survival struggle, and he barely made it alive out of there.
Carl Akeley And The Leopard That Attacked Him
