The Art of Forgery

Books
Resource theme: 
Fakes & Forgeries
Resource type: 
Bibliography - Books
Author: 
CHARNEY Noah
Editor: 
Phaidon Press
Date: 
2015
Pages / Length: 
296 p.
Language of publication: 
English

"The Art of Forgery is an illustrated history of forgery, fakes, and fraud, to be published by Phaidon in May 2015. While it focuses on art forgery, the book also covers a wide variety of other fields, from political frauds to literature, science, wine fraud, fake luxury goods, and much more. Lavishly illustrated (with over 200 images), it is the definitive history of fakes and forgeries, told with narrative dynamism and tremendous detail and research. It focuses on the motivations of famous forgers, and what this can tell us about the psychology of forgery, in the world of art and beyond. [...]"

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