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Art forgery : the history of a modern obsession / Thierry Lenain.

Lenain, Thierry.
2011
702.874 L563a 2011
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Title
Art forgery : the history of a modern obsession / Thierry Lenain.
Author
Lenain, Thierry.
ISBN
9781861898500
1861898509
Imprint
London : Reaktion Books, 2011.
Language
English
Description
383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
702.874 L563a 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)711050790
(OCoLC)711050790
Summary
In this volume, Thierry Lenain charts the changing status of art forgery from the time of its appearance in the Renaissance--when it was initially hailed as a true artistic feat--to its condemnation as the art crime par excellence. Rather than suggesting new methods of detection, it offers a genealogy of faking, along with an examination of the anxious, even neurotic reactions triggered in the modern world by its occurrence.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-375) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The symptoms of an obsession
Before the age of art forgery
Before the age of the obsession with art forgery
Art forgery as the connoisseur's nightmare
Conclusion: Fakes and the end of the world.
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