Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 268 g
The World's Most Controversial Objects under Investigation
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 268 g
ISBN: 978-94-6270-312-4
Verlag: Leuven University Press
How an initially valueless object becomes worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.
The art world is a multi-billion-dollar industry which captures world headlines on a regular basis, for both good and bad reasons. This book deals with one of the most-discussed areas of controversy: high-profile objects that have experts arguing about their veracity. Some may have been looted, others may be fakes, some may be heavily restored or misattributed. Often, in these cases, analytical science is called on to settle a dispute. The authors of this book have decades of experience in this field, working on a range of objects dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. They present seven of the most famous cases from the Getty Kouros to the Turin Shroud – some of which are still contested, and examine how a few words from a connoisseur or scientist can make a virtually valueless object worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.
Read the introduction of the book
“The ‘arms race’ between the forger and the scientist is quite
interesting.”
Read
a Q&A with Andrew Shortland and Patrick Degryse
Listen to an interview with Andrew Shortland and Patrick Degryse at New
Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/when-art-isnt-real
Shortland / Degryse
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The art world is a multi-billion-dollar industry which captures world headlines on a regular basis, for both good and bad reasons. This book deals with one of the most-discussed areas of controversy: high-profile objects that have experts arguing about their veracity. Some may have been looted, others may be fakes, some may be heavily restored or misattributed. Often, in these cases, analytical science is called on to settle a dispute. The authors of this book have decades of experience in this field, working on a range of objects dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. They present seven of the most famous cases from the Getty Kouros to the Turin Shroud – some of which are still contested, and examine how a few words from a connoisseur or scientist can make a virtually valueless object worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.
Read the introduction of the book
“The ‘arms race’ between the forger and the scientist is quite
interesting.”
Read
a Q&A with Andrew Shortland and Patrick Degryse
Listen to an interview with Andrew Shortland and Patrick Degryse at New
Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/when-art-isnt-real
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Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
Piltdown
Man
Chapter 3
The
Getty Kouros
Chapter 4
Turin
Shroud
Chapter 5
The
Vinland Map
Chapter 6
The
“Amarna Princess”
Chapter 7
Leonardo
and the Eye
Chapter 8
The
Reconstruction of Knossos
Chapter 9
Conclusions
A Guided
Bibliography
Glossary
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