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The Gentle Art of Faking

by Riccardo Nobili

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  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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An old painting can gain a new identity through a few additions to its surface. Riccardo Nobili examines this problem in a history of art imitation and the trade in false antiques, published in 1922. Moving from Greek and Roman collecting through the Renaissance, he connects the desire to own rare objects with the opportunities that demand creates for dealers and skilled imitators.

His chapters consider sculpture, pottery, metalwork, musical instruments and books, as well as collectors, public sales and legal disputes. A passage on Italian export offices describes photographs kept before and after restoration: added scenery or heraldic details could help a modest painting pass for something more distinguished. These cases give readers interested in art history and collecting a way to think about attribution, the value attached to age, and the difference between an appealing object and a reliable account of its origins.

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Reading time
About 7 hours
Pages
249
Language
English
Genre
History
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Audio read by
Jordan Watts