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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann,
2009.
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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.