Fakebusters II : scientific detection of fakery in art and philately

Fakebusters II : scientific detection of fakery in art and philately / edited by Richard J. Weiss and Duane Chartier.

Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded US $100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broa...

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Corporate Authors: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, International Center for Art Intelligence, Philatelic Fakes Forgeries and Experts
Other Authors: Weiss, Richard J. (Richard Jerome), 1923-, Chartier, Duane R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2004.
Series:Series in popular science ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Art > Forgeries > Congresses.
Art > Radiography > Congresses.
Art > Expertising > Congresses.
Expertising, X-ray > Congresses.
Science and the arts > Congresses.
Art and science > Congresses.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Museum Administration & Museology.
REFERENCE > General.
Art and science
Art > Expertising
Art > Forgeries
Art > Radiography
Expertising, X-ray
Science and the arts
Vervalsing.
Detectie.
Wetenschappelijke technieken.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded US $100 million at auction, the forgers are extricating their bag of tricks. This fascinating collection of papers provides an eclectic coverage of the art and philatelic concerns in safeguarding the integrity of creative artists. It paints a broader swath of the problems in art authentication, including philatelic fraud. The articles represent 24 expert contributions on relevant topics pertaining to the scientific detection of forgery in art and philately.
Item Description:"Based on the proceedings of the symposium held at Photonics East 1999 [in Boston on September 20-21, 1999], sponsored by SPIE, the International Optical Engineering Society, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010, USA; ICAI, the International Center for Art Intelligence, Culver City, CA 90230-5109, USA; FFE, Fakes, Forgeries, and Experts, Castagnola, CH-6976, Switzerland."
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9812701370
9789812701374
9789812560254
9812560254
1281897094
9781281897091
9786611897093
6611897097
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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