Countless masterpieces in the Louvre, such as the Nike or Winged Victory of Samothrace, were saved from the Nazis in Word War II.

The Wings of Nike (three movements ... Truax, "Composing with Real-Time Granular Sound," Perspectives of New Music, 28(2), 1990. The Winged Victory, or Nike of Samothrace, in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

This followed the prominence of a character known as the "Golden Voyager" and the Winged Victory of Samothrace sculpture in ...