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When Art Isn’t Real

The World's Most Controversial Objects under Investigation

By: Andrew Shortland,Patrick Degryse

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When Art Isn’t Real

The World's Most Controversial Objects under Investigation

By: Andrew Shortland,Patrick Degryse

How an initially valueless object becomes worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa. The art world is a multi-billion-dollar industry which captures world headlines on a regular basis, for both good and bad reasons. This book deals with one of the most-discussed areas of controversy: high-profile objects that have experts arguing about their veracity. Some may have been looted, others may be fakes, some may be heavily restored or misattributed. Often, in these cases, analytical science is called on to settle a dispute. The authors of this book have decades of experience in this field, working on a range of objects dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. They present seven of the most famous cases from the Getty Kouros to the Turin Shroud – some of which are still contested, and examine how a few words from a connoisseur or scientist can make a virtually valueless object worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.

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Leuven University Press

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9462703124

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Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics

By: Patrick Sean Quinn

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Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics

By: Patrick Sean Quinn

Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of archaeological pottery, ceramic building materials, ancient refractories and plaster. Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient ceramics and provides comprehensive guidelines for their scientific study within archaeology. The core of the book is dedicated to the versatile approach of ceramic petrography. This is complimented by a detailed account of the principles of bulk instrumental geochemistry, as well as the SEM microanalysis and XRD characterisation of ceramics. The book is intended as a reference manual for research as well as a course text for specialist training on scientific ceramic analysis.

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Archaeopress Publishing

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1803273658

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When Art Isn’t Real

The World's Most Controversial Objects under Investigation

By: Andrew Shortland,Patrick Degryse

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The World's Most Controversial Objects under Investigation

By: Andrew Shortland,Patrick Degryse

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When Art Isn’t Real

When Art Isn’t Real

Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics

Thin Section Petrography, Geochemistry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Archaeological Ceramics

When Art Isn’t Real

When Art Isn’t Real

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