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Subtitle: examining the authenticity of ancient works of art - focusing on African and Asian bronzes and terracottas ; International Symposium Stiftung Situation Kunst/Ruhr-University Bochum, February 17th and 18th, 2007
By: [publication edited by Ernst Pernicka and Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe]
Contributors: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Publisher: Von Zabern
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Mainz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9783805339094
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Art; Congresses; Expertising; African Bronzes; Asian Bronzes; Terra-cotta; Forgery of antiquities; Arts; Forgeries; Bini Art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Ernst Pernicka, -- Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe, -- Hilke Wagner; title: The veracity of "scientific" testing by conservators  -- Oscar White Muscarella; title: Setting the standard for due diligence : scientific techniques in the authentification process  -- Mark Rasmussen; title: Authenticity studies of Asian metal artifacts  -- Pieter Meyers; title: The range of authenticity in ancient Chinese bronzes and criteria for detection of forgeries  -- Tom Chase; title: Alloy choice in Chinese and Islamic forgeries  -- Peter Northover; title: Patina: case studies in bronze corrosion  -- Gerhard Eggert; title: Scientific investigations of West African metal castings from a collection in Bochum -- Ernst Pernicka -- ... [et al.]; title: The composition of brass objects from Benin  -- Josef Riederer; title: Late 20th century bronzes and ivories in Benin City, Nigeria  -- Barbara W. Blackmun; title: Questions in dating Benin commemorative heads : exemplified by heads from the Berlin Benin collection  -- Peter Junge; title: The contemporary production of "antique" Benin bronzes in Benin City and Cameroon  -- Barbara Plankensteiner; title: The chronology of Benin art in colonialand postcolonial times -- Stefan Eisenhofer.