Egyptian fakes : masterpieces that duped the art world and the experts who uncovered them
| Parallelsachtitel: |
Masterpieces that duped the art world and the experts who uncovered them |
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| 1. Verfasser: |
Fiechter, Jean-Jacques.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Paris :
Flammarion,
2009.
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| Ausgabe: | English-language ed. |
| Umfang/Format: |
251 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Egyptomania, clever copies, and "travel souvenirs
- The first quality fakes : the beautiful Tetisheri in the British Museum and other pastiches
- Some masterpieces of Upper Egyptian forgeries
- Fakes inundate the European market : Ludwig Borchardt's revelations
- The "new schools" of fakes : Scultore Amatore and restoration/forgery in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
- Oxan Aslanian, the master of Berlin
- A new source of inspiration for forgers : the rediscovery of Amarna art
- The Louvre, Amarna, and Art Deco
- The Mansoor affair, or, The riddle of the lost sculptor's workshop
- The scandal of the Necho scarabs
- In the wake of Ludwig Borchardt and the techniques of modern detection
- Forgery today : from the Nile to the Thames
- Copies, restorations, and composite statues
- The Djehuti dish : the "false fakes."
