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The Gentle Art of Faking

CHAPTER X COLLECTING IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND

Word Count: 2146    |    Released on: 19/11/2017

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The Gentle Art of Faking
The Gentle Art of Faking
“may with some reason be looked upon as a comedy in which the leading parts are taken by the Collector, the Dealer, and the Faker, supported by minor but not less interesting characters, such as imitators, restorers, middlemen, et hoc genus omne, each of whom could tell more than one attractive tale.”
1 PREFACE2 Part I THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF FAKING CHAPTER I GREEKS AND ROMANS AS ART COLLECTORS3 CHAPTER II COLLECTOMANIA IN ROME4 CHAPTER III RAPACIOUS ROMAN COLLECTORS5 CHAPTER IV ROME AS AN ART EMPORIUM6 CHAPTER V INCREASE OF FAKING IN ROME7 CHAPTER VI DECADENCE OF ART AND CONSEQUENT CHANGES8 CHAPTER VII THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD9 CHAPTER VIII IMITATION, PLAGIARISM AND FAKING10 CHAPTER IX COLLECTORS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY11 CHAPTER X COLLECTING IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND12 CHAPTER XI MAZARIN AS A COLLECTOR13 CHAPTER XII SOME NOTABLE FRENCH COLLECTORS14 Part II THE COLLECTOR AND THE FAKER CHAPTER XIII COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS15 CHAPTER XIV THE COLLECTOR'S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES16 CHAPTER XV IMITATORS AND FAKERS17 CHAPTER XVI THE ARTISTIC QUALITIES OF IMITATORS18 CHAPTER XVII FAKERS, FORGERS AND THE LAW19 CHAPTER XVIII THE FAKED ATMOSPHERE AND PUBLIC SALES20 Part III THE FAKED ARTICLE CHAPTER XIX THE MAKE-UP OF FAKED ANTIQUES21 CHAPTER XX FAKED SCULPTURE, BAS-RELIEFS AND BRONZES22 CHAPTER XXI FAKED POTTERY23 CHAPTER XXII METAL FAKES24 CHAPTER XXIII MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS25 CHAPTER XXIV VELVETS, TAPESTRIES AND BOOKS26 CHAPTER XXV SUMMING UP