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Art and Crime : Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Art Crime in Context; Part I: Archaeology and Antiquities; Chapter 1 The Fundamental Importance of Archaeological Context; Chapter 2 Homecomings: Learning from the Return of Antiquities to Italy; Chapter 3 Lack of Due Diligence and Unregulated Markets:...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara
: ABC-CLIO
, 2009
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| Edition: | Online-Ausg. |
| Series: | Non-Series
EBL-Schweitzer |
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| Online Access: | Volltext Volltext Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Related Items: | Druckausg.:
Art and crime |
| Summary: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Art Crime in Context; Part I: Archaeology and Antiquities; Chapter 1 The Fundamental Importance of Archaeological Context; Chapter 2 Homecomings: Learning from the Return of Antiquities to Italy; Chapter 3 Lack of Due Diligence and Unregulated Markets: Trade in Illicit Antiquities and Fakes in Hong Kong; Part II: Thieves and Forgers; Chapter 4 Who Is Stealing All Those Paintings?; Chapter 5 The Affair of the Statuettes Reexamined: Picasso and Apollinaire's Role in the Famed Louvre Theft; Chapter 6 Art, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Chapter 7 Fakes and Deception: Examining Fraud in the Art MarketPart III: Crime and the Art Trade; Chapter 8 Implication of Art Theft in the Fine Art Insurance Industry; Chapter 9 Four Art Crimes and Their Effect on the Art Trade; Chapter 10 Trepidations of a Private Art Collector; Chapter 11 Defending Art; Part IV: Security and Museums; Chapter 12 Q&A with Two Innovative Security Directors; Chapter 13 Exercises in Futility: The Pursuit of Protecting Art; Chapter 14 Security for Temporary Exhibitions: Regular, Customized, or Bespoke; Part V: Libraries and Archives Chapter 15 The Quiet Crime: An Introduction to the World of Rare Book, Map, and Document TheftChapter 16 Unexpected and Accessible: Threats to University Collections; Chapter 17 Bringing It All Back Home: Recovery of Stolen Special Collections Materials; Part VI: Law and War; Chapter 18 Art Theft: Heralds of Change in the International Legal Landscape; Chapter 19 Economic Woe, Art Theft, and Money Laundering: A Perfect Recipe; Chapter 20 The Artifacts of Wartime Art Crime: Evidence for a Model of the Evolving Clout of Cultural Property in Foreign Affairs Afterword: Why Masterpieces Matter: Some Dogmatic ReflectionsSelected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Contributors Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-time theft, war looting, archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom. The contributors offer insightful analyses coupled with specific practical suggestions to implement in the future to prevent and address art crime. This work is of critical importance to anyone involved in the |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (288 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9780313366369 |
