The Gentle Art of Faking

1. Preface

   3:20

2. Part I: The Birth and Development of Faking - Greeks and Romans as Art Collectors

   15:49

3. Collectomania in Rome

   30:56

4. Rapacious Roman Collectors

   19:34

5. Rome as an Art Emporium

   32:18

6. Increase of Faking in Rome

   13:29

7. Decadence of Art and Consequent Changes

   11:22

8. The Renaissance Period

   38:21

9. Imitation, Plagiarism, and Faking

   40:37

10. Collectors of the Sixteenth Century

    14:11

11. Collecting in France and England

    13:25

12. Mazarin as a Collector

    34:13

13. Some Notable French Collectors

    9:44

14. Part II: The Collector and the Faker - Collectors and Collections

    28:48

15. The Collector's Friends and Enemies

    31:54

16. Imitators and Fakers

    33:08

17. The Artistic Qualities of Imitators

    29:09

18. Fakers, Forgers and the Law

    28:27

19. The Faked Atmosphere and Public Sales

    38:52

20. Part III: The Faked Article - The Make-up of Faked Antiques

    18:25

21. Faked Sculpture, Bas-reliefs and Bronzes

    24:04

22. Faked Pottery

    37:34

23. Metal Fakes

    33:23

24. Wood Work and Musical Instruments

    16:15

25. Velvets, Tapestries and Books

    30:39

26. Summing Up

    21:54

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