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by Mark Jones


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What is a fake and why are fakes made? Did the forgers of the Turin Shroud and Piltdown Man have the same motives? Does a famous Vermeer cease to be beautiful when it turns out to be a Van Meegeren? Is the Piranesi Vase an eighteenth-century masterpiece or a faked-up antique? Fakes, argue the contributors to this volume, have always been unjustly neglected, especially given the unparalleled evidence they provide of the values and perceptions of both those who make them and those who commission them. Included in this major survey of fakes and forgeries from ancient Babylonia to the present day are more than 600 objects from the British Museum and other outstanding collections. There are spectacular fakes once hailed as masterpieces of ancient and modern art. There are musical instruments and manuscripts, Chinese bronzes and Chelsea porcelain. There are literary and documentary frauds and political forgeries that have changed the course of history. Both the methods of making fakes and the recent scientific advances in their detection are described, but many puzzles remain. The book concludes with a discussion of intriguing cases like the Vinland Map, the "Aztec" rock-crystal skull, and the mysterious discoveries at Glozel, which continue to perplex curator, historian, and scientist alike.

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  • Title Fake? The Art of Deception
  • Author Mark Jones
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First US edition
  • Pages 312
  • Publisher University of California Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date May 4, 1990
  • ISBN 9780520070875

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Mark Jones is Assistant Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum. He is the author of The Art of the Medal, Medals of the Sun King, The Dance of Death, and Contemporary British Medals, and editor of The Medal and Medailles.
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Softcover. VG- (Clearcoat over wraps is wrinking at spine and pulling away at corners). Off-white ill. wraps. 312 pp. 130 color, 185 bw plates. Survey of fakes and forgeries from ancient Babylonia to the present day. Includes over 600 objects in the study. Contents as follows: What is a fake? -- Rewriting history -- The limits of belief : religion, magic, myth and science -- Faking in the East -- Faking in Europe in from the Renaissance to the 18th century -- The 19th century : the great age of faking -- Faking in the 20th century -- The art and craft of faking : copying, embellishing and transforming / edited by Paul Craddock -- The scientific detection of fakes and forgeries / edited by Paul Craddock and Sheridan Bowman -- The limits of expertise. Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many… Read More
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