books about: falsification     books:     Falsification      The Fake: Forgery and Its Place in Art Sandor Radnoti Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1999 The Fake is a splendid book: it combines great scholarship, entertaining story-telling and an innovative theoretical approach. Radnoti's book is a jewel in contemporary art history as it is also an original statement about the vicissitudes of our postmodern condition.             The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia David King Metropolitan Books, 1997 A rare gem A true gem of a book, dealing with a subject that is much overlooked. As the inspiration for Orwell's 1984 revising history, it is a chilling look at early Soviet attempts to rewrite history by erasing people from photos. Watching a photo of 5 men dwindle down to a ...             The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities-- From Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's ... Peter Watson, Cecilia Todeschini PublicAffairs, 2007 Great Book Have been waiting for some time to read this book, and I really enjoyed it. Of course I like art-related mysteries and other stories anyway. I'll be looking for other titles by this author.             The Stamp Art & Postal History of Michael Thompson & Michael Hernandez De Luna Michael Thompson, Michael Hernandez De Luna Bad Press Books, 2001 With full-page representations of postage stamp art This lavish oversized paperback is packed with full-page representations of postage stamp art, while accompanying text provides a postal history of stamp art. From early postal system stamps to the evolution of the stamp as a work of art, Stamp Art & Postal History Of ...             Issues of Authenticity in Chinese Painting Judith Smith Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999 Leading scholars present dissenting opinions to theories expressed in "Along the Riverbank and examine the methods by which Chinese painting is analyzed and interpreted.             History: Fiction or Science? Chronology 2 (Chronology) Anatoly Fomenko Delamere Resources LLC, 2005 Prescient St Augustine? We can so far divide the New Chronology into the following three parts: a) The verifiable theory that proves consensual chronology wrong with the aid of astronomy, statistics and mathematics; b) The new chronology hypothesis based on a new understanding of known ...             Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World Roger Atwood St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 MISLEADING TITLE There is nothing to add to the detailed analyses of this book previously detailed, except: Know what you are buying: This book is 95% about the author 's experiences excavating at Sipan; as well as some discussion regarding other sites in northern Peru. If this is ...             Gods are Leaving the Country: Art Theft from Nepal (White orchid books) Jurgen Schick Orchid Press, 2006 Fascinating review This is a fascinating review of art and art theft in Nepal.             The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Psychiatry and the Politics of White ... Amos N. Wilson Afrikan World Infosystems, 1993 Bold. Pioneering. Energetic. Necessary! At last! Here is a scholarly and revolutionary approach to looking at white world imperialism and black political, economic, social, and psychological reactions to that imperialism. Dr. Wilson breaks new ground with an airtight analysis of the system of global white ...             The Great Dali Art Fraud and Other Deceptions Lee Catterall Barricade Books, 1992 Provides a detailed account of one of the century's biggest art scandals, in which the artist Salvador Dali, his wife, and unscrupulous art dealers conspired to sell mass-produced prints as signed, limited editions. 35,000 first printing.             Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification Timur Kuran Harvard University Press, 1997 Fascinating Book This is a fascinating, thought-provoking book that discusses with great skill issues like preference falsification, pluralistic ignore, social psychology, and related topics. It's a great study of why people too often don't do what they believe. The book is very easy ...             Stealing the Scream Edward Dolnick Faber And Faber Ltd., 2007             Fakebusters II: Scientific Detection Of Fakery In Art And Philately (Series in Popular Science) World Scientific Publishing Company, 2004 Now that the sale of a Picasso painting has exceeded USD100 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, ...             The Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 An Academic and Moral Subject Undertaken in Engaging Fashion Jonathan Petropoulos, Professor of History at elite Claremont McKenna College, presents an academic subject with a style that reads as a "user-friendly" narrative. He explores the manner in which certain Nazi-era museum directors, art dealers, art journalists and art ...             THE FORGER'S SHADOW: HOW FORGERY CHANGED THE COURSE OF LITERATURE. Nick. Groom Picador, 2002          products you might be interested in search for books antiquities, authenticity, consciousness, consequences, fakebusters, falsification      toavi.com    web we recommend A rare gem randomly chosen book: Shadow Country (Modern Library)