The Gentle Art of Faking / A history of the methods of producing imitations & spurious works of art from the earliest times up to the present day

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GENTLE ART OF FAKING

Part I THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAKING

CHAPTER I GREEKS AND ROMANS AS ART COLLECTORS

CHAPTER II COLLECTOMANIA IN ROME

CHAPTER III RAPACIOUS ROMAN COLLECTORS

CHAPTER IV ROME AS AN ART EMPORIUM

CHAPTER V INCREASE OF FAKING IN ROME

CHAPTER VI DECADENCE OF ART AND CONSEQUENT CHANGES

CHAPTER VII THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

CHAPTER VIII IMITATION, PLAGIARISM AND FAKING

CHAPTER IX COLLECTORS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER X COLLECTING IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND

CHAPTER XI MAZARIN AS A COLLECTOR

CHAPTER XII SOME NOTABLE FRENCH COLLECTORS

Part II THE COLLECTOR AND THE FAKER

CHAPTER XIII COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS

CHAPTER XIV THE COLLECTOR'S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

CHAPTER XV IMITATORS AND FAKERS

CHAPTER XVI THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF IMITATORS

CHAPTER XVII FAKERS, FORGERS AND THE LAW

CHAPTER XVIII THE FAKED ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLIC SALES

Part III THE FAKED ARTICLE

CHAPTER XIX THE MAKE-UP OF FAKED ANTIQUES

CHAPTER XX FAKED SCULPTURE, BAS-RELIEFS AND BRONZES

CHAPTER XXI FAKED POTTERY

CHAPTER XXII METAL FAKES

CHAPTER XXIII MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

CHAPTER XXIV VELVETS, TAPESTRIES AND BOOKS

CHAPTER XXV SUMMING UP

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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