Dark Water: Art, Disaster, and Redemption in Florence

Recommended by Martha Tedeschi, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, Harvard Art Museums

It tells the compelling back story of the cataclysmic flood of the Arno River in 1966, a shocking event which damaged and destroyed many important Florentine buildings and works of art and which elicited an outpouring of help from around the world. This book takes you into the heart of this magical city and its centuries-old relationship with a beautiful, troubled river.