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Genuine Fakes - How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff (Hardcover)
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Genuine Fakes - How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff (Hardcover)
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Does an authentic Andy Warhol painting need to be painted by Andy
Warhol? Why do audiences feel outraged when they find out that
scenes from their beloved blockbuster documentaries are staged? Can
people move past assuming that a diamond grown in a lab is a fake?
What happens when a forged painting or manuscript becomes more
valuable than its original? This is a book about genuine fakes -
the curious and complex objects that provoke these very sorts of
questions. Genuine fakes fall into the space between things that
are real and things that are not; whether or not we think that
those things are authentic is a matter of perspective.
Unsurprisingly, the world is full of genuine fakes - full of things
that defy simple categorisation. From stories of audacious
forgeries to feats of technological innovation, historian Lydia
Pyne explores how the authenticity of eight genuine fakes depends
on their unique combinations of history, science and culture. The
stories of art forgeries, fake fossils, nature documentaries,
synthetic flavours, museum exhibits, Maya codices and Palaeolithic
replicas show that genuine fakes are both complicated and change
over time. Drawing from historical archives, interviews, museum
exhibits and science fiction as well as her own research, Pyne
brings each genuine fake to life through unexpected and often
outrageous stories. Genuine Fakes will make readers think about all
the unreal things they encounter in their daily lives, and why they
invoke the reactions - surprise, wonder, understanding or annoyance
- that they do.
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