Faking the Ancient Andes (Paperback)

Nasca pots, Quimbaya figurines, Moche porn figures, stone shamans. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Andean art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Karen Bruhns and Nancy Kelker examine the phenomenon in this eye-opening volume. They discuss the most commonly forged classes and styles of artifacts, many of which were being duplicated as early as the 19th century. More important, they describe the system whereby these objects get made, purchased, authenticated, and placed in major museums as well as the complicity of forgers, dealers, curators, and collectors in this system. Unique to this volume are biographies of several of the forgers, who describe their craft and how they are able to effectively fool connoisseurs and specialists. This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud for archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike. A parallel volume by the same authors discusses fakes in Mesoamerican archaeology.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Karen O. Bruhns • Nancy L. Kelker
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-59874-395-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Promotions
LSN:	1-59874-395-3
Barcode:	9781598743951

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