Fakebusters
Subtitle: scientific detection of fakery in art
By: edited by Walter C. McCrone and Richard J. Weiss.
Contributors: McCrone, Walter C.; Weiss, Richard J. 1923-; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation
Publisher: SPIE; McCrone Research Institute
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Bellingham, Wash.?]; Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Art -- Radiography -- Congresses.; Art -- Forgeries -- Congresses.; Art -- Expertising -- Congresses.; Expertising, X-ray -- Congresses.; Science and the arts -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Scientific detection of faking in art; Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Details the emerging and traditional scientific techniques employed by the world experts on detecting forging of artworks.
Notes: "Based on the proceedings of the symposium held at Photonics West, sponsored by SPIE, the International Optical Engineering Society, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010."

Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: A touch of Monet; value: The Vinland map and the Turin Shroud; value: Carbon dating; value: The Hermitage museum; value: Dendrochronology; value: Fiddling a strad; value: Applications of X-rays in art authentication; value: Caravaggio; value: Phyma; value: The Raman effect; value: Analysis of brush strokes; value: The McCrone research institute; value: Litigation; value: Marcus Aurelius; value: IFAR; value: Christ among the doctors; value: Scientific examination and analysis in the detection of forgeries of old masters paintings; value: Authentication: science and art at odds?; value: Scrimshaw forensics at the Kendall whaling museum.