ART / Forgeries

Paper · Semantic Scholar

: The identification and apprehension of image forgeries represents a pivotal domain of study within imaging forensics. Thanks to the accessibility of state-of-the-art technology, powerful image editing tools, and software packages, photos can be effortlessly altered or manipulated. There are countless images all around us; however, some of them may be phoney. While there are many different kinds of picture forgerie…

Reference · Wikidata

letter to the editor by Bernard Berenson

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Image · Europeana

Book · DOAB

Forgeries are an omnipresent part of our culture and closely related to traditional ideas of authenticity, legality, authorship, creativity, and innovation. Based on the concept of mimesis, this volume illustrates how forgeries must be understood as autonomous aesthetic practices – creative acts in themselves – rather than as mere rip-offs of an original work of art. The proceedings bring together research from dif…

Full text · Open Library

Until now, all experts have dated the celebrated Lady of Elche, the beautiful and patriotic symbol of timeless Iberia, to pre-Christian Spain, some time between 500 B.C. and A.D. 150. John F. Moffitt dates it to "ca. 1897.". The Lady, a magnificent sculpted bust of perhaps a princess or priestess, has been regarded as a major work of "ancient" Spanish art ever since it was unearthed near the village of Elche in 189…

Image · DPLA

"Read to the Numismatic and antiquarian society of Philadelphia, November 1st, 1906."