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Titolo |
The expert versus the object [[electronic resource] ] : judging fakes and false attributions in the visual arts / / edited by Ronald D. Spencer ; [foreward by Eugene Victor Thaw] |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-53215-7 |
0-19-534903-2 |
1-4237-2006-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Art - Forgeries |
Art - Expertising |
Law and art |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Authentication and Connoisseurship; Part II: Authentication and the Law; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public. Is it ""real"" or ""original"" is a way of asking what am I buying? What do I own? What am I looking at? And today more sophisticated questions are being asked: How is authenticity determined and what weight does this determination have in court? This book of essays proposes to answer those questions. Three lines of inquiry are basic to determining authenticity: a connoisseur's evaluation, historical documentation or provenance, and scientific testing. A connoisseur is |
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