Many Faces of Art Forgery - From the Dark Side to Shades of Gray

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List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I: The Presence of Art Forgery
Before the Renaissance
Renaissance through 17^th Century
18^th and 19^th Centuries
Into the 20^th Century
Forgery's Reach
Celebrity Forgers
From the Less Notorious to the Virtually Unknown
Confronting Art Forgery
II: What is a Forgery? What is Authentic?
Semantic Variations
Intention
Restoration
Collaboration
Appropriation
Posthumous Production
Cultural Appropriation
III: A Face-Off of Value
The Mind of the Forger
Criminality
Mitigated Culpability and Alternative Economics
The Perfect Fake
IV: Reflections on the Big Picture
Notes
Index

About the author

By William Casement

Summary

The Many Faces of Art Forgery: From the Dark Side to Shades of Gray provides a broad treatment that delves into historical highlights, philosophical insights, psychological profiles, economic theories, and legal statutes and cases.

Product details

• Authors: William Casement, Casement William
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781538158005
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5800-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; ART / History / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, Organized crime, TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks, Forgery, falsification and theft of artworks, ART / Forgeries