Racchiudere in una pur vasta raccolta di saggi la ricchezza drsquo;interessi e la profonditagrave; di sguardo di Clara Baracchini; storica dellrsquo;arte e funzionaria di Soprintendenza; egrave; impresa pressocheacute; impossibile. Ancor piugrave; ardua sesi considerano i tanti progetti da lei concepiti nel campo della tutela e del restauro; della didattica e dellrsquo;informatizzazione del patrimonio catalografico nazionale; progetti che per loro natura rimangono spesso nei circoli ristretti degli addetti ai lavori. Molti degli amici e dei colleghi che hanno lavorato e lavorano con lei vogliono con questi contributi festeggiarla e in qualche modo ringraziarla per il suo impegno tenace e intelligente; per i molti caffegrave; consumati assieme e i tanti pasti saltati per risolvere problemi grandi e piccoli della storia dellrsquo;arte.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy Hugh G. RectionGreat book; easily written prose and a fascinating subject. Really opens your eyes to what youre seeing on display in museums and on the collectors market.0 of 5 people found the following review helpful. fakesBy Sebastian Carranza-LiraI read with interest this book. But I think that author arrives to no compleate believable conclusions; that almost all museum artifacts are fakes. The conclusions after reading this book is that one must be more careful when apreciating antiques.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. They claim that the majority of objects in museum collections are either loot or fake.By lyndonbrechtThis is an intriguing book by two knowledgeable scholars. Their book discusses how fakes are made and marketed; and also how they are discovered. Or perhaps as often; discovered but ignored. Unmasking an exhibition piece as a fake may be a scholarly triumph; but a museum donor will not be amused. So; museum conditions militate to being quiet about fakes. They write that the famous crystal skulls are all fakes; although not necessarily recent fakes; since manufacturing fake objects goes way back; Fakes are made of just about any genre of objects--steles; Moche ceramics; the Colima dogs sculpture; and often the fakes are of quite high quality. Most fakes are made for tourists; but the best counterfeiters create museum-quality fakes.The authors suggest that the majority of objects in museum collections are either loot or fakes. They offer detail on some of the fakes; and imply that some high-flying dealers are involved; as is to some degree organized crime. Faking techniques can be formidable: codices for example can be faked but use real Mayan materials. How its done is fascinating.This is an eye-opening book; written with passion and some humor; now and then a bit self-righteous and now and then some of the phrasing is clunky.
