The Gentle Art of Faking
- Subtitle
- 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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1. The New Art Library2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I GREEKS AND ROMANS AS ART COLLECTORS4. CHAPTER II COLLECTOMANIA IN ROME5. CHAPTER III RAPACIOUS ROMAN COLLECTORS6. CHAPTER IV ROME AS AN ART EMPORIUM7. CHAPTER V INCREASE OF FAKING IN ROME8. CHAPTER VI DECADENCE OF ART AND CONSEQUENT CHANGES9. CHAPTER VII THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD10. CHAPTER VIII IMITATION, PLAGIARISM AND FAKING11. CHAPTER IX COLLECTORS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY12. CHAPTER X COLLECTING IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND13. CHAPTER XI MAZARIN AS A COLLECTOR14. CHAPTER XII SOME NOTABLE FRENCH COLLECTORS15. CHAPTER XIII COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS16. CHAPTER XIV THE COLLECTOR’S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES17. CHAPTER XV IMITATORS AND FAKERS18. CHAPTER XVI THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF IMITATORS19. CHAPTER XVII FAKERS, FORGERS AND THE LAW20. CHAPTER XVIII THE FAKED ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLIC SALES21. CHAPTER XIX THE MAKE-UP OF FAKED ANTIQUES22. CHAPTER XX FAKED SCULPTURE, BAS-RELIEFS AND BRONZES23. CHAPTER XXI FAKED POTTERY24. CHAPTER XXII METAL FAKES25. CHAPTER XXIII MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS26. CHAPTER XXIV VELVETS, TAPESTRIES AND BOOKS27. CHAPTER XXV SUMMING UP28. INDEX.