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Samson Ceramics Edme Samson, born in Paris in 1810, was the founder of the ceremics firm Samson Cereamics and one of the most famous art copyists. His career began in the late 1830s, when he began mak- ing replicas of ceramic pieces of art. He intended these copies to be used museums and private col- lections, but not to be passed of as originals. In the late 19th century, fine china became very popular and Sampson’s com- pany began to create these kinds of replicas. Although Sampson intended his products to be sold as replicas and each piece was marked as such, many others tried to pass of the copies as original pieces of art. The marks that re- vealed Sampson’s pieces as fakes could be removed and replaced with other marks; however, Sampson’s products could never truly pass off as originals. His ceramics were produced from hard-paste porcelain, while the genuine pieces were created using soft-paste porcelain.
Getty Kouros The Getty Kouros is a gigantic statue of a late archaic Greek kouros. It represents the idea of youthfulness. The marble sculture was bought in 1985 by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California for a price of $7 mil- lion. Its authenticity has been questionable from its discovery, despite the initial scientific findings of genuine aging of the marble. Recent dem- onstrations of producing de-dolimitization artificially on the stone has caused many to believe that it is a fraud. However, this doubt of it genu- ineness does not diminish from the extrodinary technical sophistication and degree of artistic ability. The status of the sculpture remains undeter- mined and its description in the museum reads, “Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery.”
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Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents, cont. ● Photog
Page 5 and 6: Artist Forgers There have been many
Page 7 and 8: Methods of Detection There are two
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Page 11 and 12: Dendrochronology Dendrochronology i
Page 13 and 14: Thermoluminescence The technique kn
Page 15 and 16: Digital Authentication A new method
Page 17 and 18: Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry
Page 19 and 20: Wavelet Decomposition Wavelet decom
Page 21 and 22: Victorian Waifs The Victorian Waif
Page 23 and 24: Etruscan Terracotta Warriors The Et
Page 25: Michelangelo’s Cupid The most fam
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Page 33 and 34: Documents Used Against Art Forgery
Page 35 and 36: Archeological Forgeries Archeologic
Page 37 and 38: Neutron Activation Neutron Activati
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