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Fake Painting: The Art of Forgery
- at-fates-hands 11y agoIf you like his book "The Art Thief", I would also recommend "The Art Forger" as well. In the Art Forger, they reference famous forgers and their actual methods. The book goes into pretty deep detail about certain methods that forgers use. If you're an art person, it's pretty geeky. It uses the unsolved heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as a backdrop for the main story line. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Forger-Novel-B-Shapiro/dp/1616203161/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1436214513&sr=8-2&keywords=The+Art+Thief http://www.amazon.com/Art-Forger-Novel-B-Shapiro/dp/16162031...
- WalterBright 11y ago"They can rationalize that they must be as good as the artist they imitate if an experts can’t tell the difference." Like gravity and acceleration, if there's no way to tell the difference, is there any difference?
- agumonkey 11y agoIn the article case it's easy, originators > (even so slightly) duplicators.
- WalterBright 11y agoI agree that the originator is more capable because he selected the topic, composition, colors, etc. But as far as the art piece itself, it doesn't matter whether it is an original or a copy if the difference cannot be discerned.
- agumonkey 11y agoOh right, I agree 99.999%. It's a bit like if a perfect replica of a human being is him or not.