The Deceivers: Art Forgery and Identity in the Nineteenth Century

by Aviva Briefel

Book Overview

The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in art forgery, caused both by the advent of national museums and by a rapidly growing bourgeois interest in collecting objects from the past. This rise had profound repercussions on notions of selfhood and national identity within and outside the realm of art. Although art critics denounced forgery for its affront to artistic traditions, they were fascinated by its power to shape the human...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801444608
• ISBN13: 9780801444609
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher