| Title |
Why fakes matter : essays on problems of authenticity / edited by Mark Jones. |
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| Publication Info. |
London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, c1992. |
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| Description |
198 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
"The essays collected here derive from papers presented to the FAKE symposium held at the British Museum on 7-10 June 1990 to coincide with the exhibition 'Fake? the art of deception'"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. The falsification and restoration of classical antiquities -- pt. II. Faking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- pt. III. Concepts of authenticity. |
| Subject |
Art -- Forgeries -- History.
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Art -- Expertising -- History.
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Forgeries |
| Added Author |
Jones, Mark, 1951-
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British Museum.
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| Added Title |
Fake, the art of deception.
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| ISBN |
0714117218 |
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