Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
I: The Presence of Art Forgery
Before the Renaissance
Renaissance through 17th Century
18th and 19th Centuries
Into the 20th 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
