256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Crystal skulls, imaginative codices, dubious Olmec heads and cute Colima dogs. Fakes and forgeries run rampant in the Mesoamerican art collections of international museums and private individuals. Authors Nancy Kelker and Karen Bruhns 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... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Secret Lies of Fakes; Chapter 2 Forgery Is Not New; Chapter 3 The Nine Lives of Fakes; Chapter 4 A Rogues’ Gallery of Forgers, Fakers, and Facilitators; Chapter 5 Escaping De Landa’s Bonfire of the Vanities; Chapter 6 Between a Rock and a Hard Fake; Chapter 7 Feat of Clay; Chapter 8 The Lapidary’s Lament; Chapter 9 Skullduggery; Chapter 10 Wooden Men, Golden Gods, and Tales on the Wall; Epilogue Epilogue A Word to the Wise;
Biography
Kelker, Nancy L; Bruhns, Karen O
