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THE GENTLE ART OF FAKING
The New Art Library
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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