Description
The art world is a multi-billion-dollar industry which captures world headlines on a regular basis, for both good and bad reasons. This book deals with one of the most-discussed areas of controversy: high-profile objects that have experts arguing about their veracity. Some may have been looted, others may be fakes, some may be heavily restored or misattributed. Often, in these cases, analytical science is called on to settle a dispute. The authors of this book have decades of experience in this field, working on a range of objects dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. They present seven of the most famous cases from the Getty Kouros to the Turin Shroud - some of which are still contested, and examine how a few words from a connoisseur or scientist can make a virtually valueless object worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.
Author: Andrew Shortland, Patrick Degryse
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 05/15/2022
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9789462703124
ISBN10: 9462703124
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Antiques & Collectibles | General
About the Author
Andrew J. Shortland is professor of archaeological science and director of Cranfield Forensic Institute at Cranfield University.
Patrick Degryse is professor of geochemistry at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, and professor of archaeometry at the Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University.This title is not returnable