| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 258 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Acronyms; Introduction; Scientific tools of the art detective; What motivates fraud? Why do we care so much about authenticity?; References; Chapter One Establishing the First Link in the Art Chain: Attribution; The curator and gallery dealer; The connoisseur and the art historian; The Ely Zakhai case -- connoisseurship's role in unraveling a Gauguin forgery; Stylistic and Morellian analysis; The Rembrandt Research Project; Rembrandt's Old Man With a Beard authenticated; References; Chapter Two Microscopy-Related Techniques; Optical microscopy |
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Stereomicroscope and raking lightObservation by optical microscopy of the craquelure at the surface of a painting; Craquelure and the Han van Meegeren forgery; Craquelure and The Virgin and Child with an Angel; More on craquelure; Cross section analysis; The case of the authenticated Rembrandt; Polarised light microscopy; Polarised light microscopy plays a crucial initial role in the authentication of a Manet painting; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Portrait Group depicting Frederico da Montefletro (Forgery confirmed by SEM/EDX); Raman spectroscopy and microscopy; Introduction |
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Principle of the methodRaman microscopy; Russian avant-garde forgeries; The Kandinsky and Popova cases (Analysis by micro-Raman spectroscopy); The unexpectedly dramatic case of a Chagall painting (More tricks from the Russian market, Raman microscopy unravels a mystery); Infrared spectroscopy (IR) and Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy (micro-FTIR); Principle of the method; Instruments; Fourier transform infrared microscopy; The Jackson Pollock case (revisited); References; Chapter Three Scientific Techniques Reliant on Mass Spectrometry; Introduction |
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Principle of mass spectrometryPyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS); High-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS); Study by HPLC-MS of The Virgin and Child with an Angel; Laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LD-TOF-MS); The Trotter affair; The Jackson Pollock affair; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS); Determination of the radioactive isotopes137Cs and 90Sr by LA-ICP-MS and the Elena Basner affair; Study of the provenance of pigments; Mahmoud Said's Girl with Green Eyes |
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Multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS)Authentication of paintings by lead isotopic ratio determination using MC-ICP-MS; Authentication of Vermeer's Saint Praxedis; Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS); Radiocarbon dating; Advantages of AMS36; The bomb peak effect; The Fernand Léger forgery; References; Chapter Four Some X-ray-based Techniques; Introduction; X-ray fluorescence (XRF); Vincent van Gogh's Sunset at Montmajour; Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE); Electron probe microanalyser; X-ray radiography (XRR); Portrait of a Woman |
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Painting -- Forgeries.
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Art -- Psychology.
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Art -- Psychology.
(OCoLC)fst00815321
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Painting -- Forgeries.
(OCoLC)fst01050590
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ART / Techniques / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ragai, Jehane, author. Scientist and the forger 9781783267392 (DLC) 2015021512 (OCoLC)907147818 |
| ISBN |
9781783267415 (electronic bk.) |
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1783267410 (electronic bk.) |
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