Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age

by Jonathon Keats

Book Overview

According to Vasari, the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters, which he copied, returning his imitations to the owners and keeping originals. Half a millennium later, Andy Warhol made a game of "forging" the Mona Lisa, questioning the entire concept of originality.

Forged explores art forgery from ancient times to the present. In chapters combining lively biography with insightful art criticism, Jonathon Keats profiles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199928355
• ISBN13: 9780199928354
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"