Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff / Lydia Pyne.
Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff / Lydia Pyne.
Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff / Lydia Pyne.
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London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
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G 2020/5680
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English
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304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Warhols without Warhol -- The solemn mockery -- The truth about lying stones -- Carbon copy -- A fake of a different flavour -- Taking a look through Walrus Cam -- The great blue whale -- And now it's the real deal -- The art of making the palaeolithic come to life -- Conclusion: As se...
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London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
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England
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
The world is full of genuine fakes--the objects that fall into the space between things that are real and those that are not. Whether or not we think things are authentic is a matter of perspective. From stories of audacious forgeries to feats of technological innovation, historian Lydia Pyne explores how the authenticity of eight genuine fakes--ar...
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Genuine fakes : how phony things teach us about real stuff / Lydia Pyne.
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Bloomsbury Sigma series ; Book forty-seven
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
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G 2020/5680
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74VKadkWDORZ
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ISBN
147296182X (hbk.)
9781472961839 (pbk.)
1472961838 (pbk.)
9781472961822 (hbk.)
DDC
364.1635
MMS ID
991024321717702626
