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Scientific investigation of copies, fakes and forgeries /

"Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and Forgeries is a comprehensive guide to the technical and scientific study of the authenticity of a wide range of antiquities and artworks. It is the first book to provide a full survey of the subject of forgery from a scientific basis, examining a w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Craddock, P. T. (Paul T.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: sources, motives, approaches and disclosures
  • Physical examination I: observation
  • Physical examination II: determining composition
  • Making a three-dimensional copy
  • Physical dating techniques I: radiocarbon dating
  • Physical dating techniques II: thermoluminescence and dendrochronology
  • Metals I: composition
  • Metals II: metalwork and coins
  • Ceramics
  • Glass and enamels
  • Stone and sculpture
  • Painting
  • Paper, prints and documents
  • The patination of copper and its alloys
  • Gold and silver
  • Gemstones and jade
  • Organic materials: mainly natural
  • Organic materials: mainly synthetic and cloth
  • Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson
  • Conservation and concealment: the problems of restoration.