Why fakes matter
Subtitle: essays on problems of authenticity
By: edited by Mark Jones.
Contributors: Jones, Mark, 1951-; British Museum.
Publisher: Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Art -- Forgeries -- History.; Art -- Expertising -- History.
Other titles: Fake, the art of deception.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The essays collected here derive from papers presented to the FAKE symposium held at the British Museum on 7-10 June 1990 to coincide with the exhibition 'Fake? the art of deception'"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. The falsification and restoration of classical antiquities; title: pt. II. Faking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; title: pt. III. Concepts of authenticity.