Art and Authenticity

Aldrich, Megan [Editor]; Hackforth-Jones, Jos [Editor]; Bellingham, David [Contributor]; Clancy, Jonathan [Contributor]; Darby, Lis [Contributor]; Degen, Natasha [Contributor]; Downey, Anthony [Contributor]; von der Goltz, Sophie [Contributor]; Lasic, Barbara [Contributor]; Riley, Noël [Contributor]; Vere, Bernard [Contributor]; Wesley, Morgan [Contributor];

ISBN 10: 1848220987 / ISBN 13: 9781848220980

Published by Lund Humphries, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Art and Authenticity
• Publisher: Lund Humphries
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848220987
• ISBN 13: 9781848220980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Art and Authenticity explores a range of questions around the ideas of authenticity, originality and replication in art. The authors move far beyond the fundamental question of 'Is it genuine?' to themes and definitions surrounding authenticity as a concept operating across different periods and contexts.The chapters consider empirical aspects of art analysis but also more conceptual and theoretical understandings of authenticity. For example, is there such a thing as authentic presentation and display of artworks? Can the idea of authenticity be applied to subject-matter and style? How do the art market and the art world respond to the perceived authenticity of artworks? This book addresses a wide range of topics within the arts and will appeal to a broad readership, from students and art specialists to art-world enthusiasts.

About the Author

Megan Aldrich is Academic Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, London and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She is a specialist in antiquarian interiors and the history of the gothic revival, and has numerous publications in this field, including Gothic Revival (Phaidon, 1994). Most recently she co-edited Antiquaries and Archaists: the past in the past, the past in the present (Spire Books, 2009) with Robert Wallis. Jos Hackforth-Jones is Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is a specialist in the field of portraiture and cross-cultural identities and has published widely, most recently in Edges of Empire: Orientalism and Visual Culture, co-edited with Mary Roberts (Blackwell, 2005). She was lead curator of Between Worlds: Voyagers to Britain, 1700-1850 (2007), an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, for which she also edited the catalogue.