The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers
by:
Noah Charney (author)
The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public...
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The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public and the art establishment alike.
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780714867458 (0714867454)
ASIN: 0714867454
Publish date: 2015-05-12
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
I enjoyed this book. With the exception of one mention of the "Wild East" (Ah, yes, the East is so wild where as the West is so civilized. /sarcasm). That bit of the book I could have done without, but reading books about art has taught me that there will always be some sort of orientalism in there ...