Investigação científica de cópias, falsos e falsificações

Acabou de ser publicado o livro:

Paul Craddock, Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and Forgeries, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.

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Índice:

• Introduction: Sources, motives, approaches and disclosures 1
• Physical examination I: Observation 22
• Physical examination II: Determining composition 40
• Making a three-dimensional copy 61
• Physical dating techniques I: Radiocarbon dating 87
• Physical dating techniques II: Thermoluminescence and dendrochronology 110
• Metals I: Composition 137
• Metals II: Metalwork and coins 157
• Ceramics 186
• Glass and enamels 210
• Stone and sculpture 242
• Painting 271
• Paper, prints and documents 313
• The patination of copper and its alloys 349
• Gold and silver 369
• Gemstones and jade 394
• Organic materials- Mainly natural 422
• Organic materials: Mainly synthetic and cloth 447
• Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson 471
• Conservation and concealment: The problems of restoration 497
• Bibliography 525
• Index 595